SANDBANKS HOTEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-05
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£71K
-61.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£27M
-2.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
156
-13.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£773K
-29.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-05.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SANDBANKS HOTEL LIMITED 1986-08-04 → present
- GROSVENOR HOTEL (SWANAGE) LIMITED 1955-11-03 → 1986-08-04
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £10,464,174 | £7,637,588 | £7,383,213 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£165,218 | -£588,327 | -£767,669 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£175,369 | -£598,353 | -£773,325 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£265,544 | -£449,133 | -£582,261 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £164,586 | £184,705 | £70,708 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £39,258,536 | £39,704,142 | £39,196,214 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £27,908,965 | £27,459,832 | £26,877,571 | |
| Equity | £26,713,035 | £26,810,015 | £26,908,021 | £28,174,509 | £27,908,965 | £27,459,832 | £26,877,571 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 247 | 180 | 156 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £4,526,449 | £3,458,852 | £3,332,740 |
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -1.6% | -7.7% | -10.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -2.5% | -5.9% | -7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -0.4% | -1.5% | -2.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.96x | 1.64x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -12.82x | -47.83x | -82.30x |
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
- Schofields
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- SANDBANKS HOTEL LIMITED · parent
- Grosvenor Marine Service Limited 100%
- FJB Hotels (Majorca) Limited 100%
- Kilburn Varieties Limited 98%
- Norfolk Hotel (Richmond Hill) Limited 89.9%
Significant events
- “The company has provided a guarantee in respect of bank loans held in parent company FJB Hotels Limited and fellow subsidiary company Arnewood Estates Limited. As at 31 March 2025 the outstanding bank loan balances in these companies amounted to £5,851,692 (2024 - £5,947,203).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARCELLOS, Joy Wanda Eva | Secretary | — | — | British |
| ADLEM, Eva Jean | Director | — | Aug 1931 | British |
| BARCELLOS, Joy Wanda Eva | Director | — | Aug 1953 | British |
| BUTTERWORTH, John Godfrey Julius | Director | — | Nov 1946 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fjb Hotels Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-10-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-3.3%
£7,637,588 £7,383,213
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-61.7%
£184,705 £70,708
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-2.1%
£27,459,832 £26,877,571
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-13.3%
180 156
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-30.5%
-£588,327 -£767,669
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-29.2%
-£598,353 -£773,325
lowest in 3 filed years
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Wages
-3.6%
£3,458,852 £3,332,740
lowest in 3 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers