TORQUAY LEISURE HOTELS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-14
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£753K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8M
Equity attributable
Employees
415
Average over period
Profit before tax
£638K
Period ending 2024-10-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-14.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The directors acknowledge that in an uncertain world future results may not be in line with those projections and that the pressures above, coupled with the group's high gearing, do mean that there is a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt over the ability of the group to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TORQUAY LEISURE HOTELS LIMITED 1988-05-19 → present
- DERWENT HOTEL (TORQUAY) LIMITED 1947-02-21 → 1988-05-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-30 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,217,978 | £23,118,202 | |
| Operating profit | £900,528 | £1,067,646 | |
| Profit before tax | £601,759 | £638,180 | |
| Net profit | £484,632 | £478,635 | |
| Cash | £1,061,891 | £753,490 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,559,439 | £8,988,241 | |
| Net assets | £8,900,336 | £8,378,971 | |
| Equity | £8,900,336 | £8,378,971 | |
| Average employees | 425 | 415 | |
| Wages | £6,296,618 | £10,243,790 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-04-30 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.4% | 11.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.1% | 52.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.19x | 0.18x | |
| Interest cover | 3.01x | 2.49x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The directors acknowledge that in an uncertain world future results may not be in line with those projections and that the pressures above, coupled with the group's high gearing, do mean that there is a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt over the ability of the group to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “A re-finance was actioned and completed in July 2023, and now has long-term facilities in place with NatWest.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINNEGAN, John | Director | 2018-07-31 | Oct 1958 | British |
| GARSIDE, Jason Darrell | Director | 2018-07-31 | Nov 1974 | British |
| PIERCY, Ian Leslie | Director | 2018-07-31 | Nov 1962 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURRELL, Karen | Secretary | 1998-05-23 | 2018-07-31 |
| MURRELL, Laurence | Secretary | — | 1998-05-23 |
| LISTER, Peter John | Director | 1998-05-23 | 2000-01-01 |
| MURRELL, Dennis Mervyn | Director | — | 2018-07-31 |
| MURRELL, Joyce Mary | Director | — | 2018-07-31 |
| MURRELL, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 1998-05-23 | 2018-07-31 |
| MURRELL, Laurence | Director | — | 2018-07-31 |
| RAYMOND, Christine Paula | Director | — | 2018-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tlh Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-31 | Active |
| Mr Laurence Murrell | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2017-04-30 | Ceased 2018-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-04-30