Stay Original Company Ltd
Registered name: STAY ORIGINAL COMPANY LTD
Part of Draco Property Limited groupStay Original Company Ltd made £12.6m revenue and £229k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Stay Original Company Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £12.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £229k profit and 245 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Bath; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bath, South West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11m | £12.4m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.3m | £7.9m | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £4.5m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £514k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£298k | £325k | £369k |
| Profit after tax | −£96.4k | £200k | £229k |
| Profit (best available) | −£96.4k | £200k | £229k |
| Employees (average) | 237 | 238 | 245 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.9% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 34% | 36.4% | 35.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £46.5k | £52k | £51.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£407 | £841 | £934 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.3% | ▲1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲14.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.4% | ▲2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £51.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £934
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 245
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Draco Property Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Stay Original Company Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Chapel Barton House Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Draco Dorchester LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £229k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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