HISTORIC SUSSEX HOTELS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-24
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-09 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-8.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£9K
+6.9% vs 2023
Employees
15
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£463K
+23.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HISTORIC SUSSEX HOTELS LIMITED 2000-03-21 → present
- OFFHAM HOTELS LIMITED 1998-12-03 → 2000-03-21
- DIGITBALL LIMITED 1998-11-25 → 1998-12-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-24
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-26 | 2024-11-24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,001,522 | £1,008,800 | |
| Operating profit | £1,101 | £857 | |
| Profit before tax | £374,104 | £463,360 | |
| Net profit | £373,621 | £463,102 | |
| Cash | £2,970,017 | £2,726,254 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,878,514 | £11,879,116 | |
| Net assets | £8,764 | £9,366 | |
| Equity | £8,764 | £9,366 | |
| Average employees | 15 | 15 | |
| Wages | £510,439 | £538,044 |
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 | 2023-11-26 | 2024-11-24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | 37.3% | 45.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.9% | 99.9% | |
| Current ratio | 15.16x | 19.61x | |
| Interest cover | 0.00x | 0.00x |
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
- Nyman Libson Paul LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the entity, the directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty in relation to the appropriateness of continuing to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- HISTORIC SUSSEX HOTELS LIMITED · parent
- The Spread Eagle Hotel (Midhurst) Limited 100%
- Ockenden Manor Limited 100%
- Bailiffscourt Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARMINGER, Lars Ivar Pontus | Secretary | 2019-02-19 | — | — |
| CARMINGER, Lars Ivar Pontus | Director | 1998-11-25 | Mar 1963 | Swedish |
| CARMINGER, Miranda Anne | Director | 1998-11-25 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOPER, Percy Arthur | Secretary | 1998-11-25 | 2000-06-08 |
| SIXSMITH, John Stephen | Secretary | 2000-06-08 | 2019-02-19 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-11-25 | 1998-11-25 |
| GOODMAN, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 1998-11-25 | 2003-12-19 |
| GOODMAN, Howard Neville Alexander | Director | 1998-11-25 | 2017-06-27 |
| SIXSMITH, John Stephen | Director | 1998-11-25 | 2021-04-09 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-11-25 | 1998-11-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hsh Hotels (2017) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-27 | Active |
| Mr Howard Neville Alexander Goodman | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2017-06-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2019-02-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2018-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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 2024-11-24 vs 2023-11-26
-
Turnover
+0.7%
£1,001,522 £1,008,800
-
Cash
-8.2%
£2,970,017 £2,726,254
-
Net assets
+6.9%
£8,764 £9,366
-
Employees
0%
15 15
-
Operating profit
-22.2%
£1,101 £857
-
Profit before tax
+23.9%
£374,104 £463,360
-
Wages
+5.4%
£510,439 £538,044
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