RPC (Hotels) Limited
Registered name: RPC (HOTELS) LIMITED
Part of RP 346 Limited groupRPC (Hotels) Limited made £5.9m revenue and a £141k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
RPC (Hotels) Limited’s revenue fell 30% to £5.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £141k and 154 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Oswestry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oswestry, West Midlands
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £11m | £8.4m | £5.9m |
| Cost of sales | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Gross profit | £8.1m | £8.4m | £6.3m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £621k | £1.8m | £1.2m | −£81.7k |
| Profit before tax | £386k | £1.3m | £980k | −£141k |
| Profit after tax | £386k | £1.3m | £980k | −£141k |
| Profit (best available) | £386k | £1.3m | £980k | −£141k |
| Staff costs | £5.4m | £5.6m | £4.7m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 267 | 281 | 233 | 154 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 11.6% | 11.6% | −2.4% |
| Gross margin | 77.9% | 76.8% | 75.2% | 74.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £39k | £39.1k | £36.2k | £38.5k |
| Profit per employee | £1.4k | £4.5k | £4.2k | −£914 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.5% | ▼23.3% | ▼29.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲229.3% | ▼22.9% | ▼114.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▼17.1% | ▼33.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | £18.2k | £37.2k |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £7.7m | £8.7m | £8.6m |
| Fixed assets | £19m | £14.1m | £9.8m | £6.7m |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £1.2m | £682k | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £111k | £75.1k | £64k | £33.4k |
| Deferred income | £392k | £247k | £383k | £389k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £38.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£914
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 113.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £8.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲104%
- Now £37.2k
- Headcount
- ▼34%
- Now 154
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £389k
- Fixed assets
- ▼31%
- Now £6.7m
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
- RP 346 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tedsmore Hall Limited75–100%
- RPC (Hotels) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Guyzance Hall 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 Mar 2025 (profit −£141k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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