THE RITZ HOTEL, LIMITED
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Cash
£21m
EUR 24,313,000
+26% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£84m
EUR -96,188,000
+18.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
609
-0.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£26m
EUR 29,641,000
+25.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-18.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £111,678,972 | £119,759,456 | £135,177,917 | +12.9% | |
| Operating profit | £25,240,163 | £39,289,151 | £40,254,666 | +2.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,103,709 | £20,558,228 | £25,851,212 | +25.7% | |
| Net profit | £414,314 | £17,271,068 | £24,106,925 | +39.6% | |
| Cash | £18,922,088 | £16,828,965 | £21,204,430 | +26% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £362,108,920 | £334,357,167 | £67,530,089 | -79.8% | |
| Net assets | -£125,641,449 | -£102,711,513 | -£83,889,761 | +18.3% | |
| Equity | -£125,641,449 | -£102,711,513 | -£83,889,761 | +18.3% | |
| Average employees | — | 614 | 609 | -0.8% | |
| Wages | £29,550,942 | £30,638,686 | £32,304,204 | +5.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £845,132 | £445,421 | £504,971 | +13.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £69,487 | £66,357 | £69,771 | +5.1% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.872 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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.6% | 32.8% | 29.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 14.4% | 17.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.0% | 11.8% | 59.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 126.4% | 128.3% | 124.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.81x | 4.05x | 0.33x | |
| Interest cover | 1.29x | 2.13x | 2.65x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE RITZ HOTEL, LIMITED 2008-12-10 → present
- RITZ HOTEL LIMITED(THE) 1899-10-14 → 2008-12-10
- THE RITZ SYNDICATE LIMITED 1896-05-29 → 1899-10-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- THE RITZ HOTEL, LIMITED · parent
- Ritz Products (U.K.) Limited 50%
Significant events
- “Tax investigations by the French Tax Authorities were conducted for the years 2020 through 2024 and as at the date of these financial statements, the last correspondence received was in April 2026 confirming disagreement with the Company's position.”
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 221 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-08-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-08-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-08-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-08-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-08-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.