HEADLAND HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
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Cash
£1.2m
+47,990.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£17m
-12.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
241
-1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.2m
+187.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,867,746 | £11,952,899 | £13,245,724 | +10.8% | |
| Operating profit | £732,811 | £893,876 | £1,571,438 | +75.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £154,660 | £432,802 | £1,245,155 | +187.7% | |
| Net profit | £146,111 | £439,002 | £1,122,255 | +155.6% | |
| Cash | £2,752 | £2,400 | £1,154,174 | +47,990.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,756,913 | £23,944,864 | £21,158,588 | -11.6% | |
| Net assets | £18,729,413 | £19,085,411 | £16,707,666 | -12.5% | |
| Equity | £18,729,413 | £19,085,411 | £16,707,666 | -12.5% | |
| Average employees | 236 | 245 | 241 | -1.6% | |
| Wages | £4,278,435 | £4,726,860 | £4,608,705 | -2.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £55,127 | — | — | — |
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 | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 7.5% | 11.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 3.7% | 8.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.1% | 3.7% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.4% | 30.9% | 32.2% | |
| Current ratio | 7.64x | 7.35x | 6.92x | |
| Interest cover | 1.26x | 1.94x | 4.80x |
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
- HEADLAND HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1980-12-31 → present
- BLONDIN LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1980-12-31
- BLONDIN LIMITED 1973-11-13 → 1979-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- WP Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe the group is well placed to manage its business risk successfully and have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resource to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In July 2025, The Terrace has been leased to Adam Handling Ltd and refurbished into The Ugly Butterfly restaurant, which has since earned a Michelin star in early 2026.”
- “Throughout the year, the hotel continued to undertake several refurbishment projects at significant cost and investment.”
- “During the prior year the previously applied 25% straight line depreciation policy for motor vehicles was changed to be a 25% reducing balance based method.”
- “The loan was restructured in the year to enable a review of covenants to be undertaken in order to reflect the group level results.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, John William Andrew | Secretary | — | — | British |
| ARMSTRONG, Carol Jennifer | Director | — | Jun 1955 | British |
| ARMSTRONG, John William Andrew | Director | — | Jul 1949 | British |
| PALMER, Richard Henry | Director | 2020-11-01 | Mar 1982 | British |
| PALMER, Veryan Mary Olivia | Director | 2020-11-01 | Dec 1983 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURTIS, Ivan | Director | 2007-12-01 | 2008-12-22 |
| GRAY, Bettye Olive | Director | — | 2009-03-23 |
| REBURN, Darryl Lee | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2020-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headland Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-12-01 | Active |
| Mr John William Andrew Armstrong | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Carol Jennifer Armstrong | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company | |
| 2026-06-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-25 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-05-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-23 | 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
- 5
- 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.