HH Waterloo Opco Limited
Registered name: HH WATERLOO OPCO LIMITED
Part of Hh Waterloo Holdco Limited groupHH Waterloo Opco Limited made £25.6m revenue and a £6.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
HH Waterloo Opco Limited’s revenue was £25.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £6.2m and 88 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “At the year end and during the post year end period, the immediate parent company was HH Waterloo Holdco Limited by virtue of its 100% shareholding.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2021 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.2m | £12.4m | £17.7m | £25.6m |
| Cost of sales | £3.2m | £4.4m | £7.3m | £9.7m |
| Gross profit | £915k | £8m | £10.4m | £15.9m |
| Operating profit | −£5.3m | −£442k | −£203k | −£5.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£5m | −£442k | −£175k | −£5.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£4.6m | −£442k | −£175k | −£6.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.6m | −£442k | −£175k | −£6.2m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 60 | 66 | 88 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −110.8% | −3.5% | −1% | −24.1% |
| Gross margin | 22% | 64.3% | 58.8% | 62.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.6k | £207k | £268k | £291k |
| Profit per employee | −£65k | −£7.4k | −£2.7k | −£70.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲42% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲10% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £127k | £4m | £5m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £1.9m | £1.7m | −£4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £69k | £76k | £151k |
| Current assets | £11.4m | £22.6m | £24.4m | £17.9m |
| Debtors | £195k | £176k | £209k | £304k |
| Deferred income | £975k | £332k | £886k | — |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.1m | £3.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −24.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £291k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£70.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£4.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £151k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hh Waterloo Holdco Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- HH Waterloo Opco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£6.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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