NORTHCOTE HOTEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-27 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-13
Watchouts
Cash
£288K
+90.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-2.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
103
-5.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£93K
+45.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- NORTHCOTE HOTEL LIMITED 2013-12-19 → present
- SANDSHOW LIMITED 1986-03-20 → 2013-12-19
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £6,183,375 | £5,913,322 | |
| Operating profit | — | £82,348 | £175,874 | |
| Profit before tax | £215,978 | -£171,284 | -£92,983 | |
| Net profit | £110,896 | -£154,372 | -£92,983 | |
| Cash | £552,914 | £151,135 | £288,444 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,821,910 | £4,305,041 | £4,212,058 | |
| Net assets | £4,459,413 | £4,305,041 | £4,212,058 | |
| Equity | £4,459,413 | £4,305,041 | £4,212,058 | |
| Average employees | 93 | 109 | 103 | |
| Wages | £2,493,250 | £2,819,561 | £2,716,549 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 1.3% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | — | -2.5% | -1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 1.9% | 4.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.77x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.32x | 0.65x |
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
- Taylor Associates
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management has assessed the impact of the sale and believes it does not cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Directors are satisfied that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, including planned settlement of outstanding liabilities and anticipated ongoing support of new owners.”
Significant events
- “The company has entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement to sell its business and assets. The transaction is expected to complete on 15 April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BANCROFT, Craig John | Director | 2025-06-12 | Jul 1961 | British |
| ELLIS, Alfred Wilson | Director | 2025-04-23 | Dec 1947 | British |
| ELLIS, Clare Joan | Director | 2025-04-23 | Mar 1954 | British |
| GOODWIN-ALLEN, Lisa | Director | 2025-06-12 | Apr 1981 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWORTH, Nigel | Secretary | — | 2017-11-13 |
| ARMITSTEAD, Martin Lewis | Director | 2021-12-02 | 2024-02-29 |
| ARMITSTEAD, Martin Lewis | Director | 2019-02-18 | 2020-03-02 |
| BAKR-IBRAHIM, Mahmoud Hassan | Director | 2019-02-18 | 2025-04-23 |
| BALCH, Antony William | Director | 2024-06-18 | 2025-04-23 |
| BANCROFT, Craig John | Director | — | 2022-02-17 |
| BYE, Matthew Charles | Director | 2015-03-27 | 2019-02-18 |
| ELSHARKAWY, Omar Ahmed Roshdy | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2025-04-23 |
| HAWORTH, Nigel | Director | — | 2017-11-13 |
| LAMBERT, Liam Ruari | Director | 2020-03-02 | 2021-11-01 |
| LEIGH, Julie Nicole | Director | 2013-06-04 | 2015-08-21 |
| MALONE, Peter Vincent | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2022-11-04 |
| MATTHEWMAN, Richard Leslie | Director | 2012-12-06 | 2017-02-27 |
| SCARBOROUGH, Laura Jane | Director | 2015-08-21 | 2018-08-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silkstone Finance Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-23 | Active |
| Bhl Global Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-02-18 | Ceased 2025-04-23 |
| Northcote Leisure Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
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Turnover
-4.4%
£6,183,375 £5,913,322
-
Cash
+90.9%
£151,135 £288,444
-
Net assets
-2.2%
£4,305,041 £4,212,058
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-5.5%
109 103
-
Operating profit
+113.6%
£82,348 £175,874
-
Profit before tax
+45.7%
-£171,284 -£92,983
-
Wages
-3.7%
£2,819,561 £2,716,549
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