THE RITZ HOTEL, LIMITED
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Cash
£17m
EUR 20,289,000
-11.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£103m
EUR -123,829,000
+18.3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£21m
EUR 24,785,000
+877.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-09-30.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £111,678,972 | £119,759,456 | +7.2% | |
| Operating profit | £25,240,163 | £39,289,151 | +55.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,103,709 | £20,558,228 | +877.2% | |
| Net profit | £414,314 | £17,271,068 | +4,068.6% | |
| Cash | £18,922,088 | £16,828,965 | -11.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £362,108,920 | £334,357,167 | -7.7% | |
| Net assets | -£125,641,449 | -£102,711,513 | +18.3% | |
| Equity | -£125,641,449 | -£102,711,513 | +18.3% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | £29,550,942 | £30,638,686 | +3.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £845,132 | £445,421 | -47.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £69,487 | £66,357 | -4.5% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.829 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.6% | 32.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 14.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.0% | 11.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 126.4% | 123.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.81x | 4.05x | |
| Interest cover | 1.29x | 2.13x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding net liabilities of €124.0m as of 31 December 2024 (2023: €144.7m), the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons.”
Significant events
- “In early March 2025 the directors agreed to accept an offer from a third party for the sale of an apartment owned by the Company in central Paris.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GASSER, Johannes Christian, Dr | Director | 2026-02-01 | Mar 1970 | Liechtenstein Citizen |
| JOCHEM, Pierre Louis Roger | Director | 2023-04-01 | Aug 1958 | French |
| RANQUE, Cyril-Pierre Christophe | Director | 2022-10-01 | May 1969 | French |
| SWADE, Robert Andrew | Director | 2024-12-09 | Sep 1973 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIZAY, Jean-Pierre | Secretary | 1993-07-05 | 2002-05-18 |
| DAVIES, James Ralph Parnell | Secretary | — | 1993-07-05 |
| DESCOURS, Pierre Jacques, Denis | Secretary | 2016-06-28 | 2019-08-29 |
| LONDON, Caroline | Secretary | 2002-05-18 | 2016-05-06 |
| AL FAYED, Mohamed | Director | — | 2019-06-17 |
| AL FAYED, Omar Alexander Mohamed | Director | 2010-05-27 | 2019-06-17 |
| BADER MESSIAN, Natalie | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| BRIZAY, Jean-Pierre | Director | 2001-07-19 | 2002-05-18 |
| DINICHERT, Gregoire | Director | 2005-06-15 | 2007-01-31 |
| FAYED, Ali | Director | — | 2018-01-25 |
| FAYED, Omar Alexander | Director | 2010-04-09 | 2010-04-09 |
| FAYED, Omar Alexander | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2009-03-03 |
| FAYED, Salah | Director | — | 1994-06-21 |
| KILLEN, Nicolas Antoine | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2025-12-05 |
| KLEIN, Franz Josef | Director | — | 2019-06-17 |
| LINDSAY, Keith Stuart, Mr. | Director | 2019-06-17 | 2024-12-13 |
| LONGET, Arnaud Constant, Mr. | Director | 2019-06-17 | 2021-12-31 |
| MAURON, René | Director | 2011-09-27 | 2019-07-01 |
| MULLER, Martin Arthur | Director | — | 2003-04-01 |
| SEEFELD, Paul Christophe Lucien | Director | 2008-02-13 | 2011-04-13 |
| STRUB, Stephane Francis | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2005-04-26 |
| TANNA, Anil | Director | 2009-09-11 | 2012-08-10 |
| TASKAPAN, Bünyamin, Mr. | Director | 2019-06-17 | 2021-12-31 |
| WALSH, James Michael | Director | 1991-09-20 | 1994-09-26 |
| WATHEN-FAYED, Heini Jasmine | Director | 2011-05-13 | 2019-06-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mohamed Al Fayed | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2019-07-19 | Ceased 2023-08-30 |
| Mr Mohamed Al Fayed | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-19 |
| Ritz (Paris) Holding Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 214 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-10-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.