Armagh City Hotel Limited
Registered name: ARMAGH CITY HOTEL LIMITED
Part of McKeever Hotels Ltd groupArmagh City Hotel Limited made £8.2m revenue and £53k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Armagh City Hotel Limited’s revenue was £8.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £53k profit and 158 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Newtownabbey; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 McKeever Hotels Ltd, a company incorporated in Northern Ireland. The registered address of McKeever Hotels Ltd is 315 Ballyclare Road, Newtownabbey, County Antrim, BT36 ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.6m | £5.9m | £7m | £8.2m |
| Cost of sales | £3.6m | £3.9m | £4.4m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2m | £2.6m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £221k | −£152k | £465k | £306k |
| Profit before tax | £199k | −£185k | £447k | £128k |
| Profit after tax | £167k | −£178k | £313k | £53k |
| Profit (best available) | £167k | −£178k | £313k | £53k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 169 | 175 | 172 | 158 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | −3% | 4.5% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 35% | 33.8% | 37.8% | 73.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £33.2k | £33.9k | £40.8k | £51.8k |
| Profit per employee | £990 | −£1k | £1.8k | £335 |
| Cash conversion | 298% | — | 187.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▲18.3% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼206.3% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▼1.7% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £871k | £291k | £667k | £819k |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £6.2m | £6.6m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £6.8m | £7.1m | £6.8m | £6.5m |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £610k | £1m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £115k | £69.7k | £72.1k | £68.4k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £10.6k | £126k |
| Cash from operations | £657k | £396k | £871k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 73.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £51.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £335
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 79%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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 £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £819k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 158
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £126k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £6.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- McKeever Hotels Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Armagh City Hotel Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Dunadry Hotel LtdRev. £4.8m · Profit −£39.3k
- Corrs Corner Hotel LtdFigures not disclosed
- Dunsilly Hotel LtdFigures not disclosed
- E & C Inns LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Lodge Hotel (Coleraine) 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £53k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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