Bespoke Hotels Chester Limited
Registered name: BESPOKE HOTELS CHESTER LIMITED
Bespoke Hotels Chester Limited made £8.4m revenue and a £2m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Bespoke Hotels Chester Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £8.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £2m and 195 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Warrington; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.5m | £8.4m |
| Cost of sales | £5.6m | £5.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | −£208k | −£1.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£380k | −£2m |
| Profit after tax | −£300k | −£2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£300k | −£2m |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 206 | 195 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −3.5% | −23.4% |
| Gross margin | 34.5% | 38.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £41.4k | £43.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.5k | −£10.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £554k | £861k |
| Net assets | £249k | −£1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £204k |
| Debtors | £14.6k | £31.4k |
| Deferred income | £293k | £230k |
| Cash from operations | −£166k | −£485k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −23.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £43.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▼794%
- Now −£1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲55%
- Now £861k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 195
- Deferred income
- ▼22%
- Now £230k
- Fixed assets
- ▼81%
- Now £204k
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 −£2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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