The Distinctly Hospitable Group Limited
Registered name: THE DISTINCTLY HOSPITABLE GROUP LIMITED
Part of Pets Projects Limited groupThe Distinctly Hospitable Group Limited made £7.3m revenue and £49.4k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
The Distinctly Hospitable Group Limited’s revenue was £7.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £49.4k profit and 156 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Lichfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lichfield, West Midlands
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £7.5m | £7.7m | £7.3m | £7.3m |
| Cost of sales | £2m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £5.5m | £5.2m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £994k | £467k | £109k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £975k | £517k | £108k |
| Profit after tax | £900k | £719k | £494k | £49.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £900k | £719k | £494k | £49.4k |
| Employees (average) | 159 | 161 | 145 | 156 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.9% | 9.3% | 6.8% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 73% | 72.1% | 71.6% | 70.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £47.4k | £47.8k | £50.3k | £46.9k |
| Profit per employee | £5.7k | £4.5k | £3.4k | £317 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.1% | ▼5.2% | ▲0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.2% | ▼31.3% | ▼90% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▼9.9% | ▲7.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £1m | £36.7k | £30.1k |
| Net assets | £100 | £382k | £410k | £408k |
| Fixed assets | £382k | £382k | £382k | £382k |
| Current assets | £100 | £1m | £36.8k | £30.2k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 70.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £46.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £317
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £408k
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £30.1k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 156
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £382k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pets Projects Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Distinctly Hospitable Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- HH Hospitality LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SH Hospitality LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WH Hospitality LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £49.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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