Safestay (Edinburgh) Hostel Limited
Registered name: SAFESTAY (EDINBURGH) HOSTEL LIMITED
Part of Safestay PLC groupSafestay (Edinburgh) Hostel Limited made £2.8m revenue and a £684k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Safestay (Edinburgh) Hostel Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £2.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £684k. 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
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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) | £1.3m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£242k | −£492k | −£565k |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £275k | £280k | −£701k |
| Profit before tax | £275k | £278k | −£698k |
| Profit after tax | £295k | £92.8k | −£684k |
| Profit (best available) | £295k | £92.8k | −£684k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 22.4% | 3.6% | −24.3% |
| Gross margin | 81.7% | 80.6% | 79.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲92.3% | ▲10.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼68.6% | ▼836.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −24.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.9%
- 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 (Edinburgh) Hostel 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 (HP) LimitedRev. £1.7m · Profit £75.4k
- 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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- Revenue
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- Profit
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- Staff
- —
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- Revenue
- £1.7m
- Profit
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- Staff
- —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£684k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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