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Company No. 08309527 · Incorporated 27 Nov 2012

Sankara Hotels Gatwick Limited

Registered name: SANKARA HOTELS GATWICK LIMITED

Part of Arora Holdings Limited group

Sankara 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.

Full profit & loss filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 55100Hotels and similar accommodation
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”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Aug 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£8.4m
Growth ▼3.2%
Profit
−£239k
Growth —
Profit margin
−2.8%
Gross 73.4%
Employees
46
Change ▲2.2%
Profit / employee
−£5.2k
Revenue/employee £183k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Aug 202431 Aug 2025
DisclosureProfit & lossProfit & 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)4546
Ratios
Profit margin−2.2%−2.8%
Gross margin74.4%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data May 2026FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Arora Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Arora Holdco Limited75–100%
  3. Arora Hotels Limited75–100%
  4. Arora (Gatwick) North Holdings Limited75–100%
  5. 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.