HAVANA HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-17 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-03
Watchouts
Cash
£3K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-53% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£6M
-6.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The directors undertook an internal reorganisation of the Havana Holdings UK Limited Group ('Group') aimed at rationalising intercompany loans and receivables within the Group. As a result, the directors undertook the decision to cease trading of the Company after the balance sheet date and intend to remove the Company from the register in the foreseeable future. The financial statements of Havana Holdings (UK) Limited have therefore been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern which includes, where appropriate, writing down the Company's assets to net realisable value. Provision has also been made for any contractual commitments that have become onerous at the balance sheet date.
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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
- HAVANA HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED 1998-03-30 → present
- GARTELLA LIMITED 1998-02-19 → 1998-03-30
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£121,000 | -£114,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,947,000 | -£6,344,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,947,000 | -£6,344,000 | |
| Cash | £3,000 | £3,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,980,000 | £5,636,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,980,000 | £5,636,000 | |
| Equity | £11,980,000 | £5,636,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -1.0% | -2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.9% | 96.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.20x | 0.20x | |
| Interest cover | -0.02x | -0.02x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The directors undertook an internal reorganisation of the Havana Holdings UK Limited Group ('Group') aimed at rationalising intercompany loans and receivables within the Group. As a result, the directors undertook the decision to cease trading of the Company after the balance sheet date and intend to remove the Company from the register in the foreseeable future. The financial statements of Havana Holdings (UK) Limited have therefore been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern which includes, where appropriate, writing down the Company's assets to net realisable value. Provision has also been made for any contractual commitments that have become onerous at the balance sheet date.”
Group structure
- HAVANA HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Primeairo Limited 100%
- International Hoteliers (UK) Limited 100%
- Churchill Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The most significant risks facing the business continue to be a possible resurge of another pandemic similar to COVID-19 which could potentially impair the ability of customers to travel and stay at the hotel and the geo-political turmoil in the Middle East which could affect one of our main key feeder markets.”
- “Terrorism in the UK is an area of concern and despite the UK population seeming to be resilient to the increased number of attacks meaning it has not yet had a material impact on travel, it still remains an area of uncertainty and potential risk.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL THANI, Jassim Bin Hamad | Director | 2013-08-01 | Mar 1982 | Qatari |
| BAKHOS, Fady | Director | 2013-08-01 | Dec 1971 | Lebanese |
| PENNINGTON, Deborah | Director | 2022-10-11 | Aug 1979 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Karin | Secretary | 2013-08-01 | 2026-04-14 |
| MOATASSEM, Saeb Zeki | Secretary | 1998-05-05 | 2013-07-31 |
| ANZ GRINDLAYS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-03-31 | 1998-05-05 |
| ANZ GRINDLAYS TRUST CORPORATION (JERSEY) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-03-15 | 2000-09-30 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-02-19 | 1998-03-31 |
| AUCOTT, Matthew Russell | Director | 1998-02-19 | 1998-05-05 |
| CAIRNS, Michael Anthony | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2022-10-10 |
| COOPER, Karin | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2026-04-14 |
| EL GUIZIRI, Zaki Nasser Zaki | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2021-11-08 |
| MOATASSEM, Saeb Zeki | Director | 1998-04-28 | 2013-07-31 |
| O'SHEA, John | Director | 1998-05-05 | 2013-04-18 |
| REA, John | Director | 1998-04-28 | 2013-05-02 |
| WINTERBOTTOM, Alan Frederick | Director | 1998-08-25 | 2000-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| His Excellency Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2024-06-13 | Active |
| Constellation Hotels Holding Ltd S.C.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2024-06-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-14 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-05-13 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
0%
£3,000 £3,000
-
Net assets
-53%
£11,980,000 £5,636,000
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Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
+5.8%
-£121,000 -£114,000
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Profit before tax
-6.7%
-£5,947,000 -£6,344,000
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