VILLIERS HOTELS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-14 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-01-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£41K

-47.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£4M

-3.8% lowest in 6 filed years

Employees

+15.3% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

-£138K

+10.8% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

VILLIERS HOTELS LIMITED 2005-11-07 → present
VILLIERS HOTELS PLC 2001-07-24 → 2005-11-07
THE BUCKINGHAM CENTRE PLC 1990-08-17 → 2001-07-24
DAREPRESS PLC 1990-03-28 → 1990-08-17

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

VILLIERS HOTELS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£1,759,369	£799,707	—	—	£1,925,932	£2,006,389
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—	-£152,446	-£136,850
Profit before tax	—	£65,986	-£519,518	-£210,940	-£205,784	-£155,025	-£138,338
Net profit	—	£65,986	-£519,518	-£207,210	-£205,784	-£155,025	-£138,338
Cash	—	£70,832	£32,045	£104,604	£156,607	£77,015	£40,587
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£4,752,207	£4,232,689	£4,025,479	£3,828,446	£3,664,670	£3,526,332
Net assets	—	—	—	£4,025,479	£3,819,695	£3,664,670	£3,526,332
Equity	£4,686,221	£4,752,207	£4,232,689	£4,025,479	£3,819,695	£3,664,670	£3,526,332
Average employees	—	59	58	59	59	59	68
Wages	—	£591,267	£586,033	£696,703	£820,172	£806,668	£807,637

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	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	—	-7.9%	-6.8%
Net margin	—	3.8%	-65.0%	—	—	-8.0%	-6.9%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	—	-4.2%	-3.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	29.8%	32.6%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	0.90x	0.92x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	-59.11x	-91.97x

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: Gerald Edelman LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future after having reviewed the company's financial forecasts and expected future cash flows. If additional financial support is required it will be provided by Active Hospitality Limited, its parent undertaking. The Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

“This period for Villiers Hotel in 2024 was the second year that the hotel has not been affected by Covid since redevelopment works finished in December 2019.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 18 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CAVE, Ian Bruce	Director	2017-01-24	Apr 1964	British
HARRISON, John William	Director	2017-01-24	Mar 1952	British
SHASHOU, Joseph Saleem	Director	2017-01-24	Jun 1955	British

Show 18 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ODDY, Susan	Secretary	2005-11-14	2017-01-24
SCRASE, Gerard John	Secretary	2005-04-15	2005-11-14
SCRASE, Henry Robert Benedict	Secretary	2002-10-19	2005-04-15
SCRASE, Thomas Davis	Secretary	—	2002-08-17
DAWSON, Jonathon Michael	Director	—	1991-03-31
MITCHELL, Terence David	Director	—	1991-10-09
MOHAMAD, Suffiah Rose	Director	—	1992-08-25
ODDY, Nigel Robert	Director	2005-11-14	2017-01-24
ODDY, Susan	Director	2005-11-14	2016-01-24
PATTIE, Kim Theresa	Director	2002-10-19	2005-11-14
RUSH, Jean Paula	Director	2004-07-30	2005-04-15
RUSH, Jean Paula	Director	1993-09-24	2002-10-19
SCRASE, Gerard John	Director	2004-07-30	2005-11-14
SCRASE, Henry Robert Benedict	Director	2001-06-13	2005-11-14
SCRASE, Henry Robert Benedict	Director	—	1993-09-24
SCRASE, Thomas Justin	Director	2002-10-19	2005-11-14
SCRASE, Thomas Davis	Director	—	2002-08-17
TABIZEL, David	Director	—	1991-10-09

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Active Hospitality Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2017-01-24	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 166 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-04-14	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-04-11	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-02-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-31	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-11-03	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-02-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-01-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-02-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-11-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-03-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-12-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small	PDF
2020-02-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-10-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2019-02-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2018-11-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2018-07-24	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

+4.2%

£1,925,932 £2,006,389

highest in 4 filed years
Cash

-47.3%

£77,015 £40,587
Net assets

-3.8%

£3,664,670 £3,526,332

lowest in 4 filed years
Employees

+15.3%

59 68

highest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

+10.2%

-£152,446 -£136,850
Profit before tax

+10.8%

-£155,025 -£138,338
Wages

+0.1%

£806,668 £807,637

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

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