Smart Dream Hotels Ltd
Registered name: SMART DREAM HOTELS LTD
Smart Dream Hotels Ltd made £3.1m revenue and a £787k loss in the year to 31 May 2024.
Smart Dream Hotels Ltd’s revenue grew 27% to £3.1m in the year to 31 May 2024, with a loss of £787k and 87 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Kirkcaldy; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kirkcaldy, Scotland
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.4m | £3.1m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Gross profit | £281k | £730k |
| Operating profit | −£601k | −£576k |
| Profit before tax | −£771k | −£787k |
| Profit after tax | −£771k | −£787k |
| Profit (best available) | −£771k | −£787k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −32% | −25.7% |
| Gross margin | 11.7% | 23.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £25.3k | £35.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.1k | −£9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £188k | £130k |
| Net assets | −£2.8m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £6.1m | £7.5m |
| Current assets | £454k | £632k |
| Debtors | £0 | £81.5k |
| Deferred income | £68.2k | £99.7k |
| Cash from operations | £584k | £9.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −25.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £35.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 243.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- 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 £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £130k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- ▲46%
- Now £99.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £7.5m
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 31 May 2024 (profit −£787k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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