Lion Quays Hotel Limited
Registered name: LION QUAYS HOTEL LIMITED
Lion Quays Hotel Limited made £6.5m revenue and a £787k loss in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Lion Quays Hotel Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £6.5m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with a loss of £787k and 159 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Gobowen; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gobowen, West Midlands
- 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 | 30 Nov 2021 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.5m | £6.8m | £6.7m | £6.4m | £6.5m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £3.6m | £3.7m | £3.8m | £4m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £3.1m | £3m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £474k | £1.1m | −£160k | −£83.7k |
| Profit before tax | £86.6k | £347k | £649k | −£790k | −£678k |
| Profit after tax | £11.3k | £247k | £408k | −£699k | −£787k |
| Profit (best available) | £11.3k | £247k | £408k | −£699k | −£787k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 148 | 168 | 166 | 159 | 159 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 3.6% | 6.1% | −10.9% | −12.1% |
| Gross margin | 39.6% | 46.4% | 45.1% | 41.2% | 38.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £30.6k | £40.2k | £40.2k | £40.5k | £40.9k |
| Profit per employee | £76 | £1.5k | £2.5k | −£4.4k | −£5k |
| Cash conversion | — | 283% | −98% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲49.3% | ▼1.3% | ▼3.4% | ▲0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2082% | ▲65.3% | ▼271.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.5% | ▼1.2% | ▼4.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £258k | £306k | £49.8k | £6.7k | £68.5k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £4.3m | £3.6m | £3m | £1m |
| Fixed assets | £11m | £14.3m | £12.8m | £12.7m | £10.5m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1.9m | £633k | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £182k | £238k | £207k | £116k | £129k |
| Deferred income | — | £1m | £994k | £915k | £892k |
| Cash from operations | £939k | £1.3m | −£1.1m | £958k | −£162k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £40.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 161.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2%
- 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
- ▼67%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲917%
- Now £68.5k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 159
- Deferred income
- ▼2%
- Now £892k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £10.5m
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 30 Nov 2025 (profit −£787k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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