Gorse Hill Hotel Limited
Registered name: GORSE HILL HOTEL LIMITED
Part of Active Hospitality Limited groupGorse Hill Hotel Limited made £3.4m revenue and £518k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Gorse Hill Hotel Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £3.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £518k profit and 96 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 9 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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company is Active Hospitality 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.9m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Cost of sales | £325k | £495k | £491k | £483k |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2.7m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | −£161k | £375k | £650k | £522k |
| Profit before tax | −£181k | £371k | £645k | £518k |
| Profit after tax | −£181k | £371k | £645k | £518k |
| Profit (best available) | −£181k | £371k | £645k | £518k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 77 | 91 | 96 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −9.3% | 11.6% | 18.4% | 15.2% |
| Gross margin | 83.3% | 84.5% | 86% | 85.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £30.8k | £41.5k | £38.4k | £35.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.9k | £4.8k | £7.1k | £5.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲64.5% | ▲9.5% | ▼2.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲73.9% | ▼19.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.2% | ▲18.2% | ▲5.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £109k | £216k | £298k | £391k |
| Net assets | −£987k | −£617k | £28.2k | £547k |
| Fixed assets | £9.3m | £9.1m | £8.8m | £8.7m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £91k | £45.3k | £47.6k | £11.4k |
| Deferred income | £267k | £349k | £406k | £442k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 85.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £35.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 254.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲1836%
- Now £547k
- Cash at bank
- ▲31%
- Now £391k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 96
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £442k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £8.7m
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
- Active Hospitality Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gorse Hill Hotel Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Villiers Hotels LimitedRev. £2m · Profit −£138k
- Gorse Hill Operations 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 2024 (profit £518k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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