Cockpit Hotel (London) Limited
Registered name: COCKPIT HOTEL (LONDON) LIMITED
Cockpit Hotel (London) Limited made £23.3m revenue and £3.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cockpit Hotel (London) Limited’s revenue grew 34% to £23.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.4m profit and 108 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19m | £17.4m | £23.3m |
| Cost of sales | £761k | £621k | £870k |
| Gross profit | £18.3m | £16.8m | £22.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £428k | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £429k | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £411k | £3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £411k | £3.4m |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.7m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 93 | 97 | 108 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.3% | 2.4% | 14.6% |
| Gross margin | 96% | 96.4% | 96.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £205k | £179k | £215k |
| Profit per employee | £16.9k | £4.2k | £31.5k |
| Cash conversion | −186.7% | 150% | 21.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.6% | ▲33.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼73.8% | ▲726.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▲11.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £627k | £1.3m | £2m |
| Net assets | −£349k | £62.3k | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £352k | £289k | £239k |
| Current assets | £11.1m | £9.4m | £12.7m |
| Debtors | £326k | £545k | £287k |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £2.1m | £3m |
| Cash from operations | −£3.1m | £642k | £722k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 96.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £215k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 21.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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
- ▲5456%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲57%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 108
- Deferred income
- ▲43%
- Now £3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £239k
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 Dec 2025 (profit £3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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