Fort West End Hotel Management Company Ltd
Registered name: FORT WEST END HOTEL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD
Part of Safl British Hotels Limited groupFort West End Hotel Management Company Ltd made £1.8m revenue and £535k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Fort West End Hotel Management Company Ltd’s revenue grew 4% to £1.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £535k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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: “SAFL British Hotels Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Cost of sales | £211k | £333k | £352k | £342k |
| Gross profit | £917k | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £224k | £380k | £577k | £560k |
| Profit after tax | £237k | £390k | £563k | £535k |
| Profit (best available) | £237k | £390k | £563k | £535k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 10 | 9 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 21% | 27.8% | 32.5% | 29.7% |
| Gross margin | 81.3% | 76.3% | 79.7% | 81.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £94k | £140k | £193k | £139k |
| Profit per employee | £19.8k | £39k | £62.6k | £41.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.2% | ▲23.7% | ▲4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲64.2% | ▲44.5% | ▼4.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▼10% | ▲44.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £505k | £152k | £268k | £354k |
| Net assets | −£62k | £328k | £891k | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £202k | £151k | £148k | £114k |
| Current assets | £585k | £1m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £26.3k | £13.9k | £43.8k | £20.9k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 29.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 81.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £139k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲60%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲32%
- Now £354k
- Headcount
- ▲44%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £114k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Safl British Hotels Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fort West End Hotel Management Company Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Oban Regent Management LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit −£619k
- Oban Queens Management LimitedRev. £784k · Profit £317k
- Glasgow Erskine Bridge Hotel Asset Company LimitedRev. £230k · Profit £228k
- Oban Regent Assets LimitedRev. £90k · Profit £87.9k
- Oban Queens Hotel LimitedRev. £84k · Profit £82.2k
- Fort West End Asset LtdRev. £70k · Profit £68.2k
- Glasgow Erskine Bridge Hotel Management Company LimitedRev. £49.5k · Profit −£1.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £535k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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