HMSHOST UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-29 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+264% vs 2023
Net assets
-£3M
+30.4% vs 2023
Employees
1,232
-7.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+120.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HMSHOST UK LIMITED 2017-03-15 → present
- AUTOGRILL CATERING UK LIMITED 2008-09-19 → 2017-03-15
- THE BAGEL STREET COMPANY LIMITED 1998-10-15 → 2008-09-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £89,455,838 | £96,433,957 | |
| Operating profit | -£7,735,139 | £2,211,236 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,930,802 | £1,619,321 | |
| Net profit | -£7,949,447 | £1,474,958 | |
| Cash | £2,223,713 | £8,094,779 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,789,173 | £4,733,739 | |
| Net assets | -£4,849,652 | -£3,374,694 | |
| Equity | -£4,849,652 | -£3,374,694 | |
| Average employees | 1,338 | 1,232 | |
| Wages | £24,117,200 | £25,190,212 |
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 | -8.6% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | -8.9% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 432.3% | 46.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.28x | 0.56x | |
| Interest cover | -39.53x | 2.76x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the Company's current financial position and the ongoing support from DIAG, the directors reasonably expect the Company will have sufficient resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future, defined as at least 12 months from the approval date of these financial statements. Therefore, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- HMSHOST UK LIMITED · parent
- Dufry Financial Services B.V.
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the financial year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOUTTLE, Christopher David | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jul 1968 | British |
| CREIGHTON, Frederick Robert | Director | 2023-10-01 | Mar 1958 | British |
| SALVEMINI, Nicola | Director | 2017-08-25 | Nov 1981 | Italian |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNING, Danielle Santander | Secretary | 2001-05-23 | 2004-05-19 |
| ELLY, Mark | Secretary | 2008-09-19 | 2011-05-13 |
| MAGOWAN, Andrew | Secretary | 2007-11-08 | 2008-09-19 |
| MONTANA, Laura Gutierrez | Secretary | 2011-10-11 | 2013-09-30 |
| VIEYRA, Maureen | Secretary | 2009-02-02 | 2013-01-31 |
| CARLTON REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-05-19 | 2007-11-08 |
| E L SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-10-12 | 2001-05-23 |
| RTA CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-10-15 | 1999-10-19 |
| BALARINI, Ezio, Dott | Director | 2007-07-17 | 2009-12-21 |
| BANDUCCI, Patrick Keith | Director | 2010-10-28 | 2012-03-30 |
| CLOVER, Andrew | Director | 2012-09-04 | 2018-03-20 |
| DE JAGER, Frederik | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2000-10-16 |
| DOWNING, Danielle Santander | Director | 1998-11-27 | 2008-09-30 |
| ELLIS, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2000-07-31 | 2002-02-01 |
| GUY, Andrew Graham | Director | 2007-07-17 | 2010-02-05 |
| LOENDERSLOOT, Ronald | Director | 2010-10-20 | 2020-07-01 |
| NARDI, Fabrizio | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2017-10-09 |
| SEIB, Walter | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2023-10-01 |
| SEIB, Walter | Director | 2009-12-21 | 2010-06-30 |
| TAYLOR, Robert Anthony Steven | Director | 1998-10-15 | 1998-11-28 |
| TING, Hui Tzu Katja | Director | 1998-11-27 | 1999-09-01 |
| VAN DER AA, Sytze | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2024-07-11 |
| WILDING, Dawn | Director | 2009-12-23 | 2017-08-25 |
| ZANINI, Mario | Director | 2010-10-28 | 2012-03-30 |
| ZILBERKWEIT, Ian | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2003-11-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hms Host International Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-01-10 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+7.8%
£89,455,838 £96,433,957
-
Cash
+264%
£2,223,713 £8,094,779
-
Net assets
+30.4%
-£4,849,652 -£3,374,694
-
Employees
-7.9%
1,338 1,232
-
Operating profit
+128.6%
-£7,735,139 £2,211,236
-
Profit before tax
+120.4%
-£7,930,802 £1,619,321
-
Wages
+4.4%
£24,117,200 £25,190,212
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