Balbirnie House Hotel Limited
Registered name: BALBIRNIE HOUSE HOTEL LIMITED
Balbirnie House Hotel Limited made £4m revenue and a £136k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Balbirnie House Hotel Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £136k and 73 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Glenrothes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glenrothes, Scotland
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1988
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.6m | £4.4m | £4.2m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | £797k | £1m | £789k | £734k |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £78.6k | −£32.1k | £353k | £169k |
| Profit before tax | −£7.4k | −£187k | £123k | −£136k |
| Profit after tax | −£7.4k | −£187k | £123k | −£136k |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.4k | −£187k | £123k | −£136k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2.2m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 98 | 129 | 94 | 73 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.2% | −4.2% | 3% | −3.4% |
| Gross margin | 77.6% | 76.8% | 81% | 81.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £36.4k | £34.2k | £44.2k | £55.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£75 | −£1.4k | £1.3k | −£1.9k |
| Cash conversion | 915.1% | — | 137.4% | 271.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.8% | ▼5.8% | ▼3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼210.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31.6% | ▼27.1% | ▼22.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £96.6k | £12.5k | £63.4k | £419k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.3m | £3.4m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £6.6m | £6.6m | £8.1m | £8m |
| Current assets | £186k | £115k | £265k | £538k |
| Debtors | £26.7k | £6.7k | £5k | £6.5k |
| Deferred income | £935k | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | £719k | £300k | £485k | £458k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 81.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £55.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 271.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 197.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 27.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲561%
- Now £419k
- Headcount
- ▼22%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£136k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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