Granite City Hospitality Ltd
Registered name: GRANITE CITY HOSPITALITY LTD
Granite City Hospitality Ltd made £8.2m revenue and £111k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Granite City Hospitality Ltd’s revenue grew 3% to £8.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £111k profit and 144 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1992
- 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: “McGinty's (Aberdeen) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £7.9m | £8.2m |
| Cost of sales | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £5.5m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£399k | £412k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£594k | £213k |
| Profit after tax | £13.9k | −£231k | −£473k | £111k |
| Profit (best available) | £13.9k | −£231k | −£473k | £111k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.6m | — |
| Employees (average) | 154 | 157 | 142 | 144 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −6% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 69.3% | 69.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £55.8k | £56.6k |
| Profit per employee | £91 | −£1.5k | −£3.3k | £769 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | 184.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1757% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▼9.6% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £523k | £176k | £138k | £249k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £884k | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £4.4m | £4.2m | £6.6m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £11.5k | £61.2k | £44.5k | £35.5k |
| Deferred income | £22.4k | £19.9k | £17.4k | £555k |
| Cash from operations | £51.6k | −£406k | −£829k | £758k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £56.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £769
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 184.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 83%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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 £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲81%
- Now £249k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 144
- Deferred income
- ▲3084%
- Now £555k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £6.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Fourmile House (Aberdeen) LtdRev. — · Profit −£39.2k
Minority corporate shareholders
- McGinty's (Aberdeen) Limited 25–50%
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 £111k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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