TRAVELODGE HOTELS LIMITED

Trading as Travelodge, the business operates a private budget hotel chain across the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain, backed by an investment consortium including GoldenTree Asset Management, Avenue Capital Group, and Goldman Sachs.

#00769170 · Active · Incorporated 1963-07-29 (63y 3m) · Last filing 2026-10-19 (this month)

Consumer Discretionary · SIC 55100 · I Accommodation & Food Service Activities · Full accounts

Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-07-07 (in 9 months) · 2 watchouts

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Cash

£102m

-53.8% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£423m

+13.6% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

8,769

-1.1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£60m

-38.5% lowest in 3 filed years

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Watchouts

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Insolvency history on file

Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
4 officer resignations in last 12 months

Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

TRAVELODGE HOTELS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=16805

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Δ vs prior
Turnover	£1,016,500,000	£1,008,000,000	£1,009,400,000	+0.1%
Operating profit	£318,100,000	£257,700,000	£217,300,000	-15.7%
Profit before tax	£147,200,000	£96,900,000	£59,600,000	-38.5%
Net profit	£204,300,000	£89,000,000	£47,500,000	-46.6%
Cash	£190,100,000	£221,500,000	£102,300,000	-53.8%
Total assets less current liabilities	£2,772,400,000	£2,952,600,000	£3,146,400,000	+6.6%
Net assets	£275,000,000	£372,100,000	£422,800,000	+13.6%
Equity	£275,000,000	£372,100,000	£422,800,000	+13.6%
Average employees	8,023	8,864	8,769	-1.1%
Wages	£216,100,000	£231,200,000	£246,600,000	+6.7%
Directors' remuneration	£7,400,000	£3,300,000	£2,200,000	-33.3%
Highest paid director	£3,700,000	£3,800,000	£1,200,000	-68.4%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating margin	31.3%	25.6%	21.5%
Net margin	20.1%	8.8%	4.7%
Return on capital employed	11.5%	8.7%	6.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	91.0%	88.6%	87.8%
Current ratio	2.27x	2.56x	2.66x
Interest cover	1.47x	1.17x	0.96x

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 6 times since incorporation

TRAVELODGE HOTELS LIMITED 2004-03-30 → present
TRAVELREST SERVICES LIMITED 2001-12-05 → 2004-03-30
FORTE (U.K.) LIMITED 1991-06-03 → 2001-12-05
TRUSTHOUSE FORTE (U.K.) LIMITED 1984-01-27 → 1991-06-03
TRUSTHOUSE FORTE AIRPORT SERVICES LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1984-01-27
FERNLEY AEROCLEAN COMPANY LIMITED (THE) 1963-07-29 → 1978-12-31
AEROCLEAN LIMITED, 1963-07-29 → 1978-12-31

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 101
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Based on the above, the Directors believe that it remains appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

TRAVELODGE HOTELS LIMITED · parent
1. FullMoonPropCo1 Limited 100% · Great Britain
2. FullMoonPropCo2 Limited 100% · Great Britain
3. FullMoonPropCo3 Limited 100% · Great Britain
4. FullMoonPropCo4 Limited 100% · Great Britain
5. FullMoonPropCo5 Limited 100% · Great Britain
6. Travelodge Holdings (Malta) Limited 100% · Malta

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 82 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
LAING, Andrew Patrick	Secretary	2026-04-01	—	—
REIDY, Raymond Andrew	Director	2025-08-20	Oct 1969	British

Show 82 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BOYDELL, Joanna	Secretary	2013-03-19	2026-03-31
BURNINGHAM, Derek	Secretary	1992-12-03	1993-12-10
EDIS-BATES, Jonathan Geoffrey	Secretary	1992-12-03	1995-11-06
HICKS, Christopher Michael	Secretary	2003-03-27	2003-10-15
JACKSON, Kevin David	Secretary	2003-02-04	2003-03-27
LOWE, Nigel	Secretary	—	1994-03-23
MASON, Timothy Charles	Secretary	2000-09-29	2003-02-04
MEAD, Noel Arthur	Secretary	—	1992-12-04
MILLS, John Michael	Secretary	1994-01-04	1996-05-14
MORTIMORE, Jon William	Secretary	2003-10-01	2013-03-28
SIMS, Roy John Peter	Secretary	—	1994-04-15
SMALL, Jeremy Peter	Secretary	1994-01-04	1994-11-25
STEVENS, David John	Secretary	1995-11-06	1996-03-31
TAUTZ, Helen Jane	Secretary	1994-01-04	2000-09-29
THOMAS, Katherine Anna Ashford	Secretary	2016-06-24	2026-03-31
WILSON, Paul James	Secretary	—	1994-06-19
A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2014-04-23	2016-06-24
ALIBONE, Lee Russell	Director	2001-07-17	2002-05-31
ALLEN, Charles Lamb	Director	1996-02-12	2000-09-29
BONNAR, Craig	Director	2020-12-31	2022-05-16
BOYDELL, Joanna	Director	2013-03-19	2026-08-19
BOYLE, Anthony Mark	Director	2001-07-17	2002-12-14
CARDNELL, Peteredwin	Director	2001-07-17	2001-11-06
CAU, Antoine Edmond Andre	Director	2000-12-01	2001-07-17
CHIANDETTI, Gian Battista	Director	—	1996-03-26
CONNOLLY, Aidan Joseph, Mr.	Director	2023-06-15	2025-08-21
COPELAND, Patrick Joseph	Director	1995-08-07	1996-08-21
COPNER, Christopher Charles James	Director	1998-01-14	2002-12-14
CRITOPH, Stephen Mark Anthony	Director	1998-01-14	2002-12-14
DAVENPORT, Donald Andrew	Director	1998-01-14	2002-07-10
EDIS-BATES, Jonathan Geoffrey	Director	1995-08-07	1995-11-06
FORTE, Charles, Lord	Director	—	1996-03-26
FORTE, Rocco Giovanni, Sir	Director	—	1996-05-01
GAMMELL, Maurice	Director	2002-01-07	2002-10-08
GIANNUZZI, Alfonso	Director	2000-12-01	2001-07-17
GOWERS, Peter Darren	Director	2013-11-25	2020-12-31
GRATTON, David Martin	Director	2001-02-28	2002-12-14
HAMILL, Keith	Director	2010-07-28	2012-06-13
HAMILL, Keith	Director	2003-04-01	2003-10-01
HAMILL, Keith	Director	1994-12-01	1996-03-26
HARRISON, Paul, Dr	Director	1992-08-03	1994-03-23
HARVEY, Paul Victor	Director	2006-11-06	2019-09-16
HAWKES, John Garry, Sir	Director	—	1993-01-06
HEARN, Alan John	Director	—	1994-09-30
HEARN, Dennis	Director	—	1993-04-30
HEARN, Grant David	Director	2003-03-27	2013-11-25
HICKS, Christopher Michael	Director	2003-03-27	2003-10-15
JACKSON, Kevin David	Director	2002-11-19	2003-06-11
JOHNSTON, Ian Andrew Hill	Director	—	1993-04-30
KIRBY, Arthur Alexander	Director	—	1992-08-01
LIENHARD, Robert	Director	1995-09-14	1996-07-11
LYNCH, Andrew Patrick	Director	2001-07-09	2002-12-14
MACKENZIE, Lisa Marie	Director	2000-12-18	2001-08-31
MAIN, Donald Alexander	Director	—	1994-12-31
MCGHEE, Robert	Director	2002-10-08	2002-11-11
MCGHEE, Robert	Director	2002-01-07	2002-10-08
MERRITT, Dean Edward John	Director	2012-06-15	2012-12-04
MONNICKENDAM, Anthony Louis	Director	—	1996-01-19
MORLEY, Ronald Martin	Director	2001-02-28	2002-12-14
MORTIMORE, Jon William	Director	2003-10-01	2013-03-28
MOSS, Timothy Charles	Director	2002-01-07	2002-10-08
OWEN, David Hyslop	Director	1995-08-07	1996-03-26
PARROTT, Graham Joseph	Director	1996-02-12	2000-09-29
PARSONS, Guy Paul Cuthbert	Director	2004-12-01	2012-04-20
PLACE, Anthony	Director	2020-05-01	2020-08-24
POWER, Richard	Director	1995-08-07	1996-03-26
PROCTOR, George Frederick Little	Director	—	1996-02-29
PRYNN, Robert James	Director	2002-01-07	2002-12-14
ROBINSON, Anthony Martin	Director	2021-03-25	2025-11-25
ROBINSON, Gerrard Jude, Sir	Director	1996-02-12	1996-08-06
SCHWETZ, Stephanie Gladys	Director	1996-02-12	2000-09-29
SCOBLE, Timothy James	Director	2003-10-24	2004-11-12
SHURROCK, Stephen John	Director	2022-12-07	2023-06-15
SORRENTINO, Olga Marie Louise Anna Polizzi Di, The Hon Mrs	Director	1995-08-07	1996-03-26
STAUNTON, Henry Eric	Director	1996-02-12	2000-09-29
STEPHENS, David John	Director	1995-08-07	1996-03-31
STOREY, Mark	Director	2007-04-26	2007-04-27
STRETTON, Mark Nigel	Director	2001-03-14	2001-08-31
TURL, Simon Charles	Director	2002-01-07	2003-08-29
TURNER, Harry	Director	2003-10-24	2006-09-11
WALLACE, Brian Godman	Director	2013-01-30	2020-09-04
WALLACE, Graham Martyn	Director	1996-02-12	1997-01-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Full Moon Holdco 7 Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 608 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-09-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2026-08-26	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-06-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-04-12	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2026-04-12	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2026-04-12	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2025-12-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-09-02	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-09-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-07-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-05-07	AAMD	accounts	Accounts amended with accounts type full
2025-04-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-04-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-21	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-06-21	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-05-10	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-05-10	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 7
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 4

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Official Companies House page