The Hotel Folk Limited
Registered name: THE HOTEL FOLK LIMITED
The Hotel Folk Limited made £15.8m revenue and £24.9k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
The Hotel Folk Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £15.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £24.9k profit and 368 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Leiston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leiston, East of England
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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: “The company is controlled by the MGH Heald 1993 Settlement.”
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.4m | £15m | £15.5m | £15.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £9.1m | £9.5m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £5.9m | £6m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £786k | £755k | £730k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £209k | −£154k | £204k |
| Profit after tax | £806k | £74.2k | −£253k | £24.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £806k | £74.2k | −£253k | £24.9k |
| Staff costs | £6.6m | £6.7m | £7.2m | £7.5m |
| Employees (average) | 380 | 377 | 370 | 368 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | 0.5% | −1.6% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 40.2% | 39.4% | 38.8% | 38.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £40.6k | £39.9k | £41.8k | £42.9k |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | £197 | −£685 | £68 |
| Cash conversion | −174.9% | −212.3% | −256.9% | −161.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.6% | ▲2.8% | ▲2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼90.8% | ▼441.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▼1.9% | ▼0.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £336k | £280k | £319k | £80.2k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £4.5m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £23m | £23.4m | £22.9m | £22.6m |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £217k | £295k | £201k | £298k |
| Deferred income | £373k | £344k | £326k | £348k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | −£1.7m | −£1.9m | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £42.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £68
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −161.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 142.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼75%
- Now £80.2k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 368
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £348k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £22.6m
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 Sep 2025 (profit £24.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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