AIM:SSTY · Consumer Discretionary · Hospitality / hostel accommodation operator, AIM-listed (London Stock Exchange)

Safestay plc

Safestay plc develops and operates a brand of contemporary, premium hostels in prime locations across the UK and key European tourist cities, serving young travellers, families and business travellers. The Group pursues a capital-light growth strategy combining owned/leased hostels with a new franchising model, and at 31 December 2025 operated 22 hostels (including two in development and three franchised) across 12 countries.

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Share price and financials

No price history · 11 reported years, FY2015–FY2025

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Line	FY2015locked	FY2016locked	FY2017locked	FY2018locked	FY2019locked	FY2020locked	FY2021locked	FY2022locked
Revenue	24.4	28.4	31.1	12.0	24.5	29.1	31.1	30.5
Gross profit	14.7	21.2	17.2	20.9	19.6	22.7	16.2	12.7
Operating profit	4.6	4.8	3.1	2.6	4.3	4.5	4.9	4.1
Exceptional items	(0.48)	(0.62)	(0.31)	(0.31)	(0.71)	(0.59)	(0.66)	(0.61)
Net finance cost	2.8	3.7	3.2	1.7	2.9	3.1	3.7	4.2
Profit before tax	(4.5)	(2.8)	(3.0)	(2.2)	(3.1)	(2.4)	(4.4)	(3.7)
Tax charge	0.26	0.24	0.50	0.44	0.21	0.31	0.37	0.46
Profit for the year	(4.2)	(4.8)	(4.6)	(3.4)	(5.4)	(3.8)	(3.0)	(2.7)
EBITDA	3.3	5.6	3.6	2.8	7.1	6.0	6.2	5.4
Basic EPS	(4.45p)	(4.16p)	(3.79p)	(6.74p)	(5.30p)	(8.32p)	(5.88p)	(6.00p)
Diluted EPS	(6.04p)	(8.45p)	(5.87p)	(8.76p)	(6.67p)	(3.82p)	(4.83p)	(7.06p)

GBP millions, negatives in brackets. Per-share lines in pence. later is what a following report restated the figure to; vs is a second reading that disagrees. The figure shown is the one the original filing printed, and both readings are kept. Click any figure: opens the report page it was read from, highlighted; shows how it was calculated.

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3 years, at a glance

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Dashed: Operating margin, in % on its own scale — read its shape, not its height against the bars.

FY2025Revenue£20.6mOperating margin−33.7%