EC4 Hotel Limited
Registered name: EC4 HOTEL LIMITED
EC4 Hotel Limited made £18.3m revenue and £388k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
EC4 Hotel Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £18.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £388k profit and 307 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
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £12.5m | £15.1m | £17.6m | £18.3m |
| Cost of sales | £2.3m | £3.1m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Gross profit | £10.2m | £12m | £15m | £15.4m |
| Operating profit | £704k | £949k | £2.4m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £70.8k | £279k | £1.4m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £12.9k | −£1.1m | £825k | £388k |
| Profit (best available) | £12.9k | −£1.1m | £825k | £388k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £5.7m | £5.8m | £6.7m |
| Employees (average) | 261 | 273 | 278 | 307 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | −7.6% | 4.7% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 81.7% | 79.5% | 85% | 83.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £47.8k | £55.4k | £63.5k | £59.7k |
| Profit per employee | £49 | −£4.2k | £3k | £1.3k |
| Cash conversion | −406.3% | −524.4% | −49.1% | −223.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.1% | ▲16.7% | ▲3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8968% | — | ▼52.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▲1.8% | ▲10.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £5.2m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | −£4.1m | −£5.2m | −£4.4m | −£4m |
| Fixed assets | £30.1m | £30.5m | £51k | £32.3m |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £8.4m | £5.1m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £251k | £199k | £339k | £235k |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £2.2m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.9m | −£5m | −£1.2m | −£4.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 83.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £59.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −223.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 176.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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 −£4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 307
- Deferred income
- ▲19%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲63191%
- Now £32.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £388k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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