Whittlebury Hall & Spa Limited
Registered name: WHITTLEBURY HALL & SPA LIMITED
Part of Whittlebury Park Enterprises Limited groupWhittlebury Hall & Spa Limited made £21.2m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Whittlebury Hall & Spa Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £21.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.4m profit and 384 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Towcester; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Towcester, East Midlands
- Age
- 14 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 Whittlebury Park Enterprises Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The registered number of Whittlebury Park Enterprises Limited is 08080101”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.6m | £17.6m | £18.6m | £20.9m | £21.2m |
| Cost of sales | £5.4m | £8.6m | £9.3m | £10.5m | £10.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £9m | £9.3m | £10.5m | £10.3m |
| Operating profit | £232k | £1.9m | £1.6m | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £225k | £1.9m | £1.6m | £2.8m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £473k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £2.6m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £473k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £2.6m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £6.2m | £6.9m | £7.5m | £8.6m | £9.2m |
| Employees (average) | 323 | 366 | 384 | 383 | 384 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | 8.1% | 6.5% | 12.6% | 11.5% |
| Gross margin | 44% | 51.3% | 50.2% | 49.9% | 48.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £29.7k | £48k | £48.5k | £54.7k | £55.3k |
| Profit per employee | £1.5k | £3.9k | £3.2k | £6.9k | £6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲83.1% | ▲6.1% | ▲12.4% | ▲1.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲202.5% | ▼15.1% | ▲117.9% | ▼7.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.3% | ▲4.9% | ▼0.3% | ▲0.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £785k | £183k | £139k | £464k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £2.6m | £3.8m | £6.4m | £8.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £1.8m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £4.6m | £6.4m | £9.2m | £12.2m |
| Debtors | £332k | £467k | £399k | £575k | £375k |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £55.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▲38%
- Now £8.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲234%
- Now £464k
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 384
- Deferred income
- ▲25%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £1.5m
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
- Whittlebury Park Enterprises Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Whittlebury Hall & Spa 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 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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