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Company No. 09985427 · Incorporated 3 Feb 2016

A.b. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited

Registered name: A.B. HOTELS (THE ARCH LONDON) LIMITED

Part of Seibu Holdings Inc group

A.b. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited made £9m revenue and a £53.1k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.

A.b. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £53.1k and 94 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 55100Hotels and similar accommodation
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
10 yrs · since 2016
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2024

Key figures

Revenue
£9m
Growth ▼3.7%
Profit
−£53.1k
Growth ▼107.4%
Profit margin
−0.6%
Gross 51.4%
Employees
94
Change ▼5.1%
Profit / employee
−£565
Revenue/employee £95.6k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£9.3m£9m
Cost of sales£4.1m£4.4m
Gross profit£5.2m£4.6m
Operating profit£810k−£19.4k
Profit before tax£810k−£19.4k
Profit after tax£716k−£53.1k
Profit (best available)£716k−£53.1k
Employees (average)9994
Ratios
Profit margin7.7%−0.6%
Gross margin56%51.4%
Revenue per employee£94.2k£95.6k
Profit per employee£7.2k−£565
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼3.7%
Profit growth—▼107.4%
Headcount growth—▼5.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£581k£845k
Net assets£14.7m£14.7m
Fixed assets£16.2m£15.9m
Current assets£2.5m£2.2m
Debtors£20.8k£37.5k
Deferred income£467k£895k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−0.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
51.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£95.6k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£565
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
177.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
10%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼0%
Now £14.7m
Cash at bank
▲45%
Now £845k
Headcount
▼5%
Now 94
Deferred income
▲92%
Now £895k
Fixed assets
▼2%
Now £15.9m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Seibu Holdings Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide (UK) Limited75–100%
  3. A.b. Hotels (The Arch London) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

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 2024 (profit −£53.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026

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