MOTEL ONE (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-07 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-21
Watchouts
Cash
£12M
+82.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£466K
+110.7% vs 2023
Employees
150
+29.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+52% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £32,255,148 | £42,654,115 | |
| Operating profit | £4,929,359 | £6,835,582 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,204,733 | £6,392,851 | |
| Net profit | £2,980,886 | £4,799,178 | |
| Cash | £6,371,305 | £11,642,568 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£3,120,550 | £4,723,086 | |
| Net assets | -£4,333,347 | £465,831 | |
| Equity | -£4,333,347 | £465,831 | |
| Average employees | 116 | 150 | |
| Wages | £3,155,775 | £4,627,386 |
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 | 15.3% | 16.0% | |
| Net margin | 9.2% | 11.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -158.0% | 144.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.69x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | 6.16x | 8.77x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have undertaken an exercise to review the appropriateness of the continued use of the going concern basis and have concluded that it is appropriate. The company has obtained a letter of support from the (indirect) parent company, Motel One Group GmbH, Munich, Germany, with regards to cash needs, including those for the settlement of liabilities, loan payments, payment of tax and other commitments. In assessing the appropriateness of the use of the going concern basis of preparation, the directors have received written confirmation from the parent company that it can and will provide the support necessary to ensure the Company meets its liabilities as they fall due until 31 December 2026. 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 company's ability to continue as a going concern to 31st December 2026.”
Group structure
- MOTEL ONE (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Motel One London EG Ltd. 100%
- Motel One London Old Street Ltd. 100%
- MO London Blackfriars Ltd. 100%
- MO London BNK Ltd. 100%
- MO London Hyde Park Ltd. 100%
- MO London Southwark Ltd. 100%
Significant events
- “Following the business transfer from 1 January 2024, the company operates five hotels with 1,473 rooms.”
- “In a share transfer agreement dated 28 February 2025 between the (indirect) parent company One Hotels & Resorts GmbH, Grünwald, Germany and PAI Partners S.a.r.l., Luxembourg, Luxembourg, the sale of 80% of the capital shares in the (indirect) parent company Motel One Group GmbH, Munich, Germany, to PAI Partners was agreed. The transfer of the shares was completed on 4 June 2025. As a result, stamp duty of £690,246 in respect of the hotel Motel One Manchester-Royal Exchange was triggered and was paid during the financial year 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LENZE, Stefan Florian | Secretary | 2012-02-23 | — | — |
| LENZE, Stefan Florian | Director | 2012-02-23 | Aug 1974 | German |
| MÜLLER, Daniel Norman | Director | 2014-06-30 | Aug 1978 | German |
| RÖDEL, Armin | Director | 2017-10-02 | May 1971 | German |
| WIESSLER, Michael, Mr. | Director | 2019-10-04 | Nov 1979 | German |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-02-22 | 2012-02-23 |
| BURSBY, Richard Michael | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2012-02-23 |
| PATSCH, Sonja | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2016-11-21 |
| SCHAFFER, Horst Georg | Director | 2012-02-23 | 2014-06-30 |
| WIESSLER, Franz Josef | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2021-05-17 |
| HUNTSMOOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-02-22 | 2012-02-23 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-02-22 | 2012-02-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motel One Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-12 | Active |
| Motel One Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-10-01 | Ceased 2024-09-12 |
| Mr. Dieter Müller | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2016-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
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Turnover
+32.2%
£32,255,148 £42,654,115
-
Cash
+82.7%
£6,371,305 £11,642,568
-
Net assets
+110.7%
-£4,333,347 £465,831
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Employees
+29.3%
116 150
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Operating profit
+38.7%
£4,929,359 £6,835,582
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Profit before tax
+52%
£4,204,733 £6,392,851
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Wages
+46.6%
£3,155,775 £4,627,386
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