ALFA HOTELS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-17 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£237K
-42.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£46M
-1.1% vs 2023
Employees
811
+13% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£4M
+2.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-01-05
- ALFA HOTELS LIMITED 2026-01-05 → present
- LEISUREPLEX HOTELS LIMITED 2015-04-30 → 2026-01-05
- LEISUREPLEX LIMITED 1984-03-21 → 2015-04-30
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £24,883,108 | — | £30,090,425 | £34,474,846 | £40,351,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £8,146,420 | — | £4,489,777 | £3,974,205 | £4,715,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £7,731,688 | — | £3,753,065 | £3,806,187 | £3,913,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £6,186,183 | — | £2,711,618 | £2,831,025 | £2,981,000 | |
| Cash | — | £396,147 | — | £261,713 | £412,668 | £237,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £48,587,618 | — | £51,680,681 | £56,352,526 | £54,555,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £40,688,997 | — | £43,400,615 | £46,232,865 | £45,714,000 | |
| Equity | £37,360,135 | £40,688,997 | £40,688,997 | £43,400,615 | £46,232,865 | £45,714,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 579 | — | 678 | 718 | 811 | |
| Wages | — | £9,099,856 | — | £11,194,236 | £13,134,931 | £15,698,000 |
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 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 32.7% | — | 14.9% | 11.5% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 24.9% | — | 9.0% | 8.2% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 16.8% | — | 8.7% | 7.1% | 8.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.46x | 0.36x | |
| Interest cover | — | 19.63x | — | 6.09x | 23.65x | 5.88x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ALFA HOTELS LIMITED · parent
- Leisureplex Hotels Property Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The business agreed new banking facilities in April 2024 and remains in compliance with agreed banking covenants.”
- “In April 2024, the Group agreed new finance facilities, consisting of a three-year revolving credit facility and an annual overdraft facility. The Group remains compliant with its banking covenants.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEELY, Sean Davison | Secretary | 2022-05-01 | — | — |
| HOWARD, David | Director | 2020-01-01 | Oct 1982 | British |
| KEELY, Sean Davison | Director | 2022-01-20 | Jul 1985 | British |
| RUSSELL, Emma | Director | 2015-06-29 | Feb 1979 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LORD, Ian Frank | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| RUSSELL, Emma | Secretary | 2020-04-30 | 2022-05-01 |
| RUSSELL, Emma | Secretary | 2015-07-06 | 2019-07-01 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Peter George | Secretary | — | 2015-07-06 |
| BLUNDELL, Andrew Lewis | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2016-09-02 |
| BROWN, Caroline Louise | Director | 2019-01-23 | 2022-02-24 |
| BULL, Paul Anthony | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2022-06-30 |
| FORD, Stephen John | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2016-05-15 |
| HERBERT, Matthew | Director | 2022-07-04 | 2022-08-05 |
| LORD, Ian Frank | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| MAGUIRE, Lucia Danielle | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2019-02-28 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2001-08-16 | 2019-12-31 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Michael John | Director | — | 2001-08-16 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Patricia Anne | Director | — | 1992-09-09 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Paul Henry | Director | — | 2017-02-28 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Peter George | Director | — | 2015-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfa Leisureplex Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Alfa Leisureplex Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 251 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-05 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+17%
£34,474,846 £40,351,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-42.6%
£412,668 £237,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-1.1%
£46,232,865 £45,714,000
-
Employees
+13%
718 811
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+18.6%
£3,974,205 £4,715,000
-
Profit before tax
+2.8%
£3,806,187 £3,913,000
-
Wages
+19.5%
£13,134,931 £15,698,000
highest in 4 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