Gateway Manchester Hotels Ltd
Registered name: GATEWAY MANCHESTER HOTELS LTD
Part of Gateway Investments Holdings Limited groupGateway Manchester Hotels Ltd made £9.9m revenue and £72.3k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Gateway Manchester Hotels Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £9.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £72.3k profit and 148 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.6m | £9.7m | £9.9m |
| Cost of sales | £649k | £544k | £564k |
| Gross profit | £9.9m | £9.2m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | £4.7m | £896k | £448k |
| Profit before tax | £4.7m | £896k | £448k |
| Profit after tax | £4.1m | £788k | £72.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | £788k | £72.3k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 102 | 144 | 148 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 38.4% | 8.1% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 93.8% | 94.4% | 94.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £104k | £67.3k | £66.8k |
| Profit per employee | £39.7k | £5.5k | £488 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.2% | ▲2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼80.5% | ▼90.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲41.2% | ▲2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £2m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £13.9m | £14.7m | £14.8m |
| Fixed assets | £35.3m | £41.9m | £56.8m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £3.2m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £294k | £254k | £570k |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £408k | £873k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 94.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £66.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £488
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 574.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £14.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼37%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 148
- Deferred income
- ▲114%
- Now £873k
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £56.8m
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
- Gateway Investments Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gateway Financial Holdings Limited75–100%
- Gateway Manchester Hotels Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Gateway Holyrood Edinburgh LimitedRev. £8.3m · Profit £380k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £72.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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