Denham Grove Hotel Limited
Registered name: DENHAM GROVE HOTEL LIMITED
Part of The Clay Oven Group Limited groupDenham Grove Hotel Limited made £4.5m revenue and a £524k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Denham Grove Hotel Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £4.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £524k and 68 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Northwood; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northwood, London
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 Aug 2021 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £4.5m | £4.4m | £4.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £56k | £45.9k | £94.5k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£338k | −£750k | −£463k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£515k | −£757k | −£524k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£515k | −£757k | −£524k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 72 | 64 | 77 | 68 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −11.5% | −17.4% | −11.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 53.8% | 50.6% | 52.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £70.3k | £56.6k | £66.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£8k | −£9.8k | −£7.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −1719% | −2327% | −751.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼3.1% | ▲4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | ▼11.1% | ▲20.3% | ▼11.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £956k | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Net assets | £95.4k | −£29.8k | −£545k | −£1.3m | −£1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £12.3m | £11.4m | £11.7m | £11.1m | £10.4m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £2.8m | £3.5m | £3.3m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £99.5k | £702k | £186k | £50.6k | £359k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £237k | £344k | £290k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£963k | −£1.1m | −£710k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £66.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −751.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 230.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- 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 −£1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £290k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £10.4m
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
- The Clay Oven Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Denham Grove Hotel Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- The Clay Oven UK LimitedRev. £1.7m · Profit £231k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£524k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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