NEW FOREST HOTELS PLC
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Cash
£52k
+68.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.5m
-31.2% vs 2024
Employees
201
+14.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.7m
+21.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,449,613 | £7,870,568 | +5.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,339,181 | -£1,116,581 | +16.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,204,678 | -£1,730,372 | +21.5% | |
| Net profit | -£2,353,478 | -£1,837,833 | +21.9% | |
| Cash | £30,733 | £51,826 | +68.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,161,073 | £7,354,450 | -39.5% | |
| Net assets | £5,124,865 | £3,527,230 | -31.2% | |
| Equity | £5,124,865 | £3,527,230 | -31.2% | |
| Average employees | 176 | 201 | +14.2% | |
| Wages | £3,481,092 | £3,627,803 | +4.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £80,245 | £71,401 | -11% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £893 | £893 | 0% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -18.0% | -14.2% | |
| Net margin | -31.6% | -23.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -11.0% | -15.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.2% | 82.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.05x | 0.03x | |
| Interest cover | -1.55x | -1.82x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- NEW FOREST HOTELS PLC 2003-01-02 → present
- CARE HOTELS PLC 1991-08-27 → 2003-01-02
- CARE INVESTMENT GROUP PLC 1988-11-28 → 1991-08-27
- CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE (U.K.) LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1988-11-28
- DOLLBUILD LIMITED 1981-07-24 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the forecasts, available mitigating actions and the continued support of the ultimate controlling party, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going-concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, following a strategic review of the Company's property portfolio, the directors commenced a process to market Burley Manor Hotel for sale.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAMMAS, Rasha | Secretary | 2019-03-13 | — | — |
| BARDAWIL, Gaby | Director | — | Apr 1940 | Lebanese |
| LOIZOU, Panayiotis | Director | 2020-07-31 | May 1954 | Cypriot |
| PAPADOPOLOS, Michael | Director | 2019-03-13 | Sep 1976 | British |
| SHAMMAS, Nizam | Director | — | Apr 1950 | British |
| SHAMMAS, Rasha | Director | 2022-03-09 | Jun 1972 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUROPKA, Bernard Alex | Secretary | — | 2000-07-31 |
| LISLE, Michaela Jayne | Secretary | 2000-08-01 | 2019-03-13 |
| BALCH, Antony | Director | 2016-08-26 | 2016-10-10 |
| BALDWIN, Garry | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2024-01-18 |
| KUROPKA, Bernard Alex | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2015-10-15 |
| KUROPKA, Bernard Alex | Director | 1993-07-26 | 2000-07-31 |
| LISLE, Michaela Jayne | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2019-05-01 |
| LISLE, Michaela Jayne | Director | 1998-07-02 | 2019-04-30 |
| MCVEY, Kearan | Director | 2017-08-28 | 2018-02-06 |
| PICK, Nathan John | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2024-01-18 |
| REID, Andrew | Director | — | 1999-11-01 |
| WATLING, Gary Robert | Director | 1998-07-02 | 2000-01-12 |
| WATTS, Mark | Director | 2016-08-26 | 2017-07-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Baldwin | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-03-13 | Ceased 2019-03-13 |
| Ms Michaela Jayne Lisle | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-13 |
| Mr Nizam Shammas | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Construction & Real Estate Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Nizam Shammas | Individual | Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 263 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-12-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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.