Northumberland House Limited
Registered name: NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE LIMITED
Part of Ludgate Northumberland Holdings Limited groupNorthumberland House Limited made £21.1m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Northumberland House Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £21.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.5m profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Esher; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Esher, London
- 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. From the filing: “Ludgate Northumberland Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £16.4m | £20.6m | £20.4m | £21.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.1m | £6.8m | £7.1m | £7.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £10.4m | £13.8m | £13.2m | £13.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £5.8m | £8.1m | £7.9m | £8.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £4m | £5.2m | £4.7m | £5.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £3.1m | £3.8m | £3.4m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £3.1m | £3.8m | £3.4m | £3.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 45 | 53 | 53 | 52 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 18.9% | 18.5% | 16.6% | 16.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 63% | 66.9% | 65.1% | 63.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £365k | £389k | £384k | £406k |
| Profit per employee | — | £69k | £72k | £63.6k | £68.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | 117.3% | 113.7% | 127% | 29.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲25.3% | ▼1.2% | ▲3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲23.1% | ▼11.7% | ▲5.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲45.2% | ▲17.8% | 0% | ▼1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £7.9m | £12.5m | £6.4m | £12.3m | £9.8m |
| Net assets | £15.1m | £18.2m | £10m | £13.4m | £16.9m |
| Fixed assets | £30.6m | £29.9m | £29.1m | £28.9m | £29.7m |
| Current assets | £39m | £44.8m | £38.3m | £44.9m | £43.1m |
| Debtors | £280k | £1.3m | £637k | £681k | £971k |
| Deferred income | £376k | £643k | £923k | £1m | £719k |
| Cash from operations | — | £6.8m | £9.3m | £10m | £2.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £406k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £68.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 29.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 140.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £16.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £9.8m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- ▼30%
- Now £719k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £29.7m
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
- Ludgate Northumberland Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Northumberland House Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Kingsway Lif Holdings LimitedRev. £10.6m · Profit £1.9m
- 42 Kingsway Residential LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ludgate Associates LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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