Old Thorns Golf Hotel and Country Estate Limited
Registered name: OLD THORNS GOLF HOTEL AND COUNTRY ESTATE LIMITED
Part of Select (Co-Op) Limited groupOld Thorns Golf Hotel and Country Estate Limited made £12.6m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Old Thorns Golf Hotel and Country Estate Limited’s revenue was £12.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 210 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Glossop; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glossop, North West
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1983
- 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 Mar 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.1m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £7.5m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £5m |
| Operating profit | −£7.9m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£9.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£9.3m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £6.8m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 245 | 210 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −61.4% | 10% |
| Gross margin | 40.7% | 40% |
| Revenue per employee | £61.7k | £59.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£37.9k | £6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −49.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £3.6m |
| Net assets | −£5.5m | −£4.2m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £340k | £206k |
| Deferred income | £426k | £385k |
| Cash from operations | £8.3m | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £59.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −49.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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 −£4.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £3.6m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 210
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £385k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Select (Co-Op) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Old Thorns Golf Hotel and Country Estate 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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