Sankara Hotels Gatwick Limited
Registered name: SANKARA HOTELS GATWICK LIMITED
Part of Arora Holdings Limited groupSankara Hotels Gatwick Limited made £8.4m revenue and a £239k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Sankara Hotels Gatwick Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £8.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £239k and 46 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Hounslow; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hounslow, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- 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: “IHL Tenant Holdco Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.7m | £8.4m |
| Cost of sales | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | £6.5m | £6.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£231k | −£318k |
| Profit after tax | −£188k | −£239k |
| Profit (best available) | −£188k | −£239k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.2% | −2.8% |
| Gross margin | 74.4% | 73.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £194k | £183k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.2k | −£5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £626k | £422k |
| Net assets | −£137k | −£376k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £950k |
| Debtors | £151k | £177k |
| Deferred income | £711k | £629k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 73.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £183k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.2k
- 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
- 7.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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 −£376k
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £422k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- ▼11%
- Now £629k
- 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
- Arora Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Arora Holdco Limited75–100%
- Arora Hotels Limited75–100%
- Arora (Gatwick) North Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sankara Hotels Gatwick 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 Aug 2025 (profit −£239k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.