Safestay (HP) Limited
Registered name: SAFESTAY (HP) LIMITED
Part of Safestay PLC groupSafestay (HP) Limited made £1.7m revenue and £75.4k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Safestay (HP) Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £1.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £75.4k profit. The company is classified under “youth hostels” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.3m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£408k | −£381k | −£346k |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £814k | £292k | £84.2k |
| Profit before tax | £814k | £290k | £86.9k |
| Profit after tax | £801k | £283k | £75.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £801k | £283k | £75.4k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 34.7% | 14.5% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 82.3% | 80.4% | 79.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.6% | ▼12.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼64.6% | ▼73.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Safestay PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Safestay (HP) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Safestay (Elephant & Castle) LimitedRev. £3.2m · Profit £197k
- Safestay (Edinburgh) Hostel LimitedRev. £2.8m · Profit −£684k
- Safestay (York) LimitedRev. £200k · Profit £155k
- Safe Hostels LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Safestay (Edinburgh) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wxyz2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £75.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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