Chichester Harbour Hotel Limited
Registered name: CHICHESTER HARBOUR HOTEL LIMITED
Part of Horizon Capital II GP LLP groupChichester Harbour Hotel Limited made £2.9m revenue and a £3.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Chichester Harbour Hotel Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £2.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £3.3m and 58 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Christchurch; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Christchurch, South West
- 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. From the filing: “The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harbour Hotels Group Limited. The ultimate parent company is Global Reach UK Holdings Limited, a company in which Turnstone (Isle of Man) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.8m | £2.8m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £212k | £301k | £416k | −£3.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£38.5k | −£65.1k | £49.3k | −£4.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£51.9k | −£75.4k | £56.4k | −£3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£51.9k | −£75.4k | £56.4k | −£3.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 80 | 60 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.8% | −2.7% | 1.8% | −113.1% |
| Gross margin | 46% | 50.9% | 54.5% | 51% |
| Revenue per employee | £36.8k | £35.2k | £50.9k | £50.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£674 | −£942 | £939 | −£57.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.6% | ▲8.4% | ▼4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼5981% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.9% | ▼25% | ▼3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £156k | £37.6k | £55.8k | £99.5k |
| Net assets | £255k | £180k | £244k | −£3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £13.5m | £13.4m | £13.4m | £9.1m |
| Current assets | £316k | £188k | £212k | £253k |
| Debtors | £24.2k | £1k | £22.5k | £19.7k |
| Deferred income | £143k | £144k | £213k | £162k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −113.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £50.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£57.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 309.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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
- ▼1361%
- Now −£3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲78%
- Now £99.5k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- ▼24%
- Now £162k
- Fixed assets
- ▼32%
- Now £9.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Horizon Capital II GP LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Independence Topco Limited75–100%
- Independence Holdco Limited75–100%
- Independence Midco Limited75–100%
- Independence Bidco Limited75–100%
- Boston Group Newco Limited75–100%
- Global Reach UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Global Reach Hotels Limited75–100%
- Harbour International Limited75–100%
- Harbour Hotels Group Limited75–100%
- Chichester Harbour Hotel Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (13)
- Christchurch Hotels LtdRev. £10.4m · Profit £1.5m
- Salcombe Harbour Hotel LimitedRev. £5.4m · Profit £284k
- Porthminster Hotel Company LimitedRev. £4.4m · Profit £177k
- Westcliff Hall (Sidmouth) LimitedRev. £4.2m · Profit −£1.1m
- Bristol Harbour Hotel LimitedRev. £4m · Profit −£1.8m
- Padstow Harbour Hotel LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit −£1.2m
- Fowey Harbour Hotel LimitedRev. £2.7m · Profit −£605k
- White Truffle Events LimitedRev. £223k · Profit −£15.6k
- RMH (Guildford) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £349k
- Brighton Harbour Hotel LimitedRev. — · Profit −£150
- Christchurch Restaurants LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Estuary View LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Willow Garden (Fowey) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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