CRIEFF HYDRO LIMITED
Get an alert when CRIEFF HYDRO LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-08 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+28.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
+1% vs 2024
Employees
768
+0.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£839K
+2,557.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CRIEFF HYDRO LIMITED 1985-07-02 → present
- STRATHEARN HYDRO LIMITED 1867-04-23 → 1985-07-02
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 | £38,888,364 | £40,577,663 | |
| Operating profit | £1,283,563 | £1,883,061 | |
| Profit before tax | £31,587 | £839,491 | |
| Net profit | -£114,509 | £349,444 | |
| Cash | £888,969 | £1,144,006 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,184,743 | £33,628,903 | |
| Net assets | £14,003,389 | £14,136,674 | |
| Equity | £14,003,389 | £14,136,674 | |
| Average employees | 763 | 768 | |
| Wages | £14,949,419 | £15,908,466 |
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 | 3.3% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.5% | 5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.7% | 69.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.13x | 0.33x | |
| Interest cover | 1.03x | 1.54x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above cash flow forecasts and headroom therein, and current trading levels, the directors believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. In making their assessment the directors have considered a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- CRIEFF HYDRO LIMITED · parent
- Freedom Hotels (Management) Limited 100%
- Freedom Hotels West Limited 100%
- Peebles Hydro Limited 100%
- Highland Adventure Safaris Limited 100%
Significant events
- “These finance arrangements have meant that over and above regular re-investment we have developed plans to completely revamp the bar and dining experiences at Crieff Hydro: at just over £5m the largest single project the Company has undertaken in modern times. After an April 2025 opening, this initiative will broaden the appeal of Crieff Hydro and elevate the experience for a new generation of guests.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARSTANG, Matthew David | Director | 2021-06-01 | Jun 1982 | British |
| JENNETT, John Duncan | Director | 2012-08-15 | Sep 1964 | British |
| LECKIE, Fiona Barbara | Director | 2012-08-15 | Apr 1965 | British |
| LECKIE, Gordon Kenneth Stephen | Director | 1995-06-05 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LECKIE, William Gordon John | Secretary | — | 2001-06-05 |
| MAUCHLINE, John | Secretary | 2001-06-05 | 2013-06-07 |
| DONALDSON, George Reginald | Director | — | 1993-06-14 |
| DONALDSON, George Neilson | Director | — | 1996-06-10 |
| DONALDSON, Michael Neil | Director | 1995-12-20 | 2014-02-28 |
| GARSTANG, Matthew David | Director | 2019-06-24 | 2020-10-31 |
| GILCHRIST, Iain Johnston | Director | 1990-04-26 | 2003-06-18 |
| HARRISON, Paul Rodliff | Director | 2010-12-14 | 2016-06-30 |
| LECKIE, Janet Ida | Director | 1993-06-14 | 2007-06-18 |
| LECKIE, William Gordon John | Director | — | 2001-07-30 |
| MAIR, Alexander Stirling Fraser, Dr. | Director | 1994-04-29 | 2003-06-30 |
| MANSON, Alan Graeme | Director | 2012-09-26 | 2014-10-01 |
| MUIRDEN, Catherine Mary | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| PEDLER, Martin | Director | 1996-06-10 | 2011-07-04 |
| ROSS, Graham Tullis | Director | — | 1995-12-20 |
| SIMPSON, Robert | Director | — | 1994-06-06 |
| SINCLAIR, Alexander Alan | Director | 2003-05-29 | 2011-07-04 |
| TURNBULL, James Douglas | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2021-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-07-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-07-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-07-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2019-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-29
-
Turnover
+4.3%
£38,888,364 £40,577,663
-
Cash
+28.7%
£888,969 £1,144,006
-
Net assets
+1%
£14,003,389 £14,136,674
-
Employees
+0.7%
763 768
-
Operating profit
+46.7%
£1,283,563 £1,883,061
-
Profit before tax
+2,557.7%
£31,587 £839,491
-
Wages
+6.4%
£14,949,419 £15,908,466
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