Southampton Harbour Hotel Ltd
Registered name: SOUTHAMPTON HARBOUR HOTEL LTD
Part of Horizon Capital II GP LLP groupSouthampton Harbour Hotel Ltd made £14.9m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Southampton Harbour Hotel Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £14.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.9m profit and 203 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Christchurch; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Christchurch, South West
- 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: “The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harbour”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.2m | £15.1m | £15.5m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £7.6m | £7.8m | £7.5m | £7.4m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £7.2m | £8m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | £3.9m | £3.6m | £4m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £5m | £4.8m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 226 | 243 | 217 | 203 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.5% | 14.4% | 16.1% | 12.8% |
| Gross margin | 50.1% | 48.1% | 51.8% | 50.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £67.2k | £62k | £71.4k | £73.6k |
| Profit per employee | £11.8k | £8.9k | £11.5k | £9.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.7% | ▲2.8% | ▼3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.3% | ▲14.9% | ▼23.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.5% | ▼10.7% | ▼6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £553k | £78.8k | £213k | £272k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £4.8m | £8.2m | £16.5m |
| Fixed assets | £54.8m | £54.4m | £54m | £62.1m |
| Current assets | £21.4m | £22.7m | £25.9m | £28.2m |
| Debtors | £457k | £196k | £187k | £233k |
| Deferred income | £691k | £422k | £545k | £375k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £73.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 415.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▲102%
- Now £16.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £272k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 203
- Deferred income
- ▼31%
- Now £375k
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £62.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Horizon Capital II GP LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Independence Topco Limited75–100%
- Independence Holdco Limited75–100%
- Independence Midco Limited75–100%
- Independence Bidco Limited75–100%
- Boston Group Newco Limited75–100%
- Global Reach UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Global Reach Hotels Limited75–100%
- Harbour International Limited75–100%
- Harbour Hospitality Group Limited75–100%
- Southampton Harbour Hotel Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Richmond Harbour Hotel Management LimitedRev. £9m · Profit £1.2m
- Alexandra Dock LimitedRev. £250k · Profit £121k
- Richmond Harbour Hotel LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £6.2k
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 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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