WATERGATE BAY HOTEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-13 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-68.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
-7.8% vs 2024
Employees
415
-4.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£867K
-312.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,209,981 | £17,294,535 | |
| Operating profit | £1,119,716 | £254,834 | |
| Profit before tax | £408,529 | -£866,784 | |
| Net profit | -£51,842 | -£835,344 | |
| Cash | £4,485,269 | £1,399,956 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,287,343 | £36,871,461 | |
| Net assets | £10,756,203 | £9,920,859 | |
| Equity | £10,756,203 | £9,920,859 | |
| Average employees | 433 | 415 | |
| Wages | £7,904,851 | £7,215,914 |
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 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | -4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.6% | 0.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 0.40x | |
| Interest cover | 1.39x | 0.20x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- WATERGATE BAY HOTEL LIMITED · parent
- Beach Retreats Holidays Limited 95%
- Beach Retreats Operations Limited 95%
- The Extreme Academy Limited 100%
- Seaspace Porth Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Beach Retreats Holidays Limited was sold in July 2025.”
- “SeaSpace Porth Limited 'SeaSpace' was completely refurbished during the year and opened as Cornwall's first coastal aparthotel in October 2024.”
- “The padel courts at SeaSpace were damaged in November/December 2024 and rebuilt/reopened in May 2025.”
- “The banking facilities with Barclays were renewed on 8th July 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASHWORTH, John Reginald Howell | Secretary | 1999-02-09 | — | British |
| FISHLEIGH, Claire Victoria | Secretary | 2025-11-05 | — | — |
| ASHWORTH, Henry William Howell | Director | 2012-08-29 | Jul 1969 | British |
| ASHWORTH, John Reginald Howell | Director | 1999-02-09 | Apr 1939 | British |
| ASHWORTH, Mary Anne | Director | 1999-02-09 | May 1944 | British |
| ASHWORTH, Rosamond Elizabeth | Director | 2005-09-27 | Sep 1976 | British |
| ASHWORTH, William James Mcinnes | Director | 2001-10-01 | Oct 1974 | British |
| BLAKEBURN, Judith Anne | Director | 2005-03-21 | Mar 1959 | British |
| HARPER, Benjamin Frank | Director | 2018-08-06 | Jun 1979 | British |
| MAHON, Simon | Director | 2025-02-28 | Nov 1972 | British |
| NAISBY, Christopher John | Director | 2021-06-23 | Feb 1972 | British |
| YOUNG, Alastair Michael Stuart | Director | 2004-12-07 | Mar 1950 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WYLD, Jonathan Robert | Secretary | 1999-02-05 | 1999-02-09 |
| GREBBY, Mark Andrew | Director | 2005-03-21 | 2008-05-01 |
| HUGO, Christian John | Director | 2005-03-21 | 2019-08-15 |
| POOLE, Natalie | Director | 2020-03-02 | 2021-04-30 |
| SKIDMORE, Christopher | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2003-09-30 |
| THRING, Jeremy John | Director | 1999-02-05 | 1999-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Sean Lockwood | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2025-11-25 | Active |
| Mrs Mary Anne Ashworth | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr John Reginald Ashworth | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr William James Mcinnes Ashworth | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-29
-
Turnover
-10%
£19,209,981 £17,294,535
-
Cash
-68.8%
£4,485,269 £1,399,956
-
Net assets
-7.8%
£10,756,203 £9,920,859
-
Employees
-4.2%
433 415
-
Operating profit
-77.2%
£1,119,716 £254,834
-
Profit before tax
-312.2%
£408,529 -£866,784
-
Wages
-8.7%
£7,904,851 £7,215,914
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