Cawley Hotels & Leisure Limited
Registered name: CAWLEY HOTELS & LEISURE LIMITED
Part of Cawley & Cawley Ltd groupCawley Hotels & Leisure Limited made £16.6m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 29 Apr 2025.
Cawley Hotels & Leisure Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £16.6m in the year to 29 Apr 2025, with £2m profit and 280 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Alexandria; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Alexandria, Scotland
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 29 Apr 2024 | 29 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.2m | £9.9m | £14.5m | £16.6m |
| Cost of sales | £2.6m | £2.8m | £3.5m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £7.1m | £11m | £12.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £1m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £847k | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £651k | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £651k | £1.5m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £4.4m | £5.6m | £6.3m |
| Employees (average) | 196 | 230 | 274 | 280 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.4% | 6.5% | 10.2% | 11.8% |
| Gross margin | 74.3% | 71.4% | 76% | 75% |
| Revenue per employee | £52.2k | £43.2k | £53.1k | £59.1k |
| Profit per employee | £8.5k | £2.8k | £5.4k | £7k |
| Cash conversion | −162.9% | −138.1% | −162.7% | −128.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲46.2% | ▲13.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼61.2% | ▲128.7% | ▲31.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.3% | ▲19.1% | ▲2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £3m | £1.1m | £3m |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £7.2m | £23.9m | £25.8m |
| Fixed assets | £9.3m | £10.1m | £33m | £32.8m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3.9m | £9.9m | £12.3m |
| Debtors | £91.5k | £822k | £7.7m | £9.3m |
| Deferred income | £261k | £1.2m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£3.7m | −£1.4m | −£4.5m | −£4.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 75%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £59.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −128.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 197.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 56.3%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £25.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲164%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 280
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £32.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cawley & Cawley Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Cawley Hotels & Leisure Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Apr 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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