BELMOND (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-26 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£6M
-309.3% vs 2023
Employees
141
+41% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
-76.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- BELMOND (UK) LIMITED 2014-02-25 → present
- ORIENT-EXPRESS SERVICES LIMITED 1986-11-25 → 2014-02-25
- ORIENT EXPRESS HOTELS SERVICES LIMITED 1986-11-11 → 1986-11-25
- SEACO SERVICES LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1986-11-11
- SEA CONTAINERS SERVICES LIMITED 1969-01-24 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £35,162,000 | £38,138,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,103,000 | £2,789,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,509,000 | -£4,420,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,509,000 | -£4,420,000 | |
| Cash | — | £3,423,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,429,000 | -£5,849,000 | |
| Net assets | -£1,429,000 | -£5,849,000 | |
| Equity | -£1,429,000 | -£5,849,000 | |
| Average employees | 100 | 141 | |
| Wages | £12,946,000 | £12,878,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 7.3% | |
| Net margin | -7.1% | -11.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -147.2% | -47.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 101.2% | 103.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.93x | |
| Interest cover | 0.45x | 0.39x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have obtained a letter of support from the Company's ultimate parent, LVMH, confirming that it will continue to support the Company. Therefore, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUNT, Abigail Jill | Secretary | 2015-03-31 | — | — |
| HUNT, Abigail Jill | Director | 2015-03-18 | Aug 1974 | British |
| PAROCHE, Elise | Director | 2024-06-05 | Dec 1982 | French |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYEN, Filip | Secretary | 2013-07-30 | 2015-03-31 |
| CALVERT, Philip Alan | Secretary | 2011-07-08 | 2013-07-30 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Daniel John | Secretary | — | 2003-04-01 |
| STRUTHERS, James Gavin | Secretary | 2003-04-01 | 2005-10-07 |
| WHITE, Paul Martin | Secretary | 2005-10-07 | 2011-07-08 |
| BOYEN, Filip Joseph Marcel | Director | 2013-07-30 | 2015-03-31 |
| CALVERT, Philip Alan | Director | 2009-08-28 | 2013-07-30 |
| ERAS-MAGDALENA, Ingrid | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2022-03-31 |
| FOERSTER, Jean-Paul | Director | — | 2000-10-31 |
| O'GRADY, Martin | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2019-12-31 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Daniel John | Director | — | 2003-04-01 |
| PARROTT, Peter | Director | — | 2001-04-30 |
| REED, Keith Mervyn | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2015-03-31 |
| ROBIN AMOUR, Veronique | Director | 2020-07-28 | 2024-06-05 |
| SALTER, Jonathan David | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2009-08-28 |
| SCOTT, John Marcy | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2015-09-20 |
| SHERWOOD, James Blair | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2007-03-05 |
| SHERWOOD, James Blair | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| SHERWOOD, Simon Michael Cross | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| STRACEY, Michael John Louis | Director | — | 1997-06-30 |
| STRUTHERS, James Gavin | Director | 2000-10-31 | 2005-10-07 |
| VARIAN, Nicholas Roger | Director | 2006-04-10 | 2011-08-26 |
| WHITE, Paul Martin | Director | 2005-10-07 | 2011-07-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmond Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+8.5%
£35,162,000 £38,138,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-309.3%
-£1,429,000 -£5,849,000
-
Employees
+41%
100 141
-
Operating profit
+32.6%
£2,103,000 £2,789,000
-
Profit before tax
-76.2%
-£2,509,000 -£4,420,000
-
Wages
-0.5%
£12,946,000 £12,878,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers