ALFA HOTELS LIMITED
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Cash
£142K
-40.1% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£45M
-0.7% vs 2024
Employees
830
+2.3% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.7M
-6.5% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,883,108 | £30,090,425 | £34,474,846 | £40,351,000 | £42,296,000 | +4.8% | |
| Operating profit | £8,146,420 | £4,489,777 | £3,974,205 | £4,715,000 | £4,755,000 | +0.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,731,688 | £3,753,065 | £3,806,187 | £3,913,000 | £3,658,000 | -6.5% | |
| Net profit | £6,186,183 | £2,711,618 | £2,831,025 | £2,981,000 | £2,702,000 | -9.4% | |
| Cash | £396,147 | £261,713 | £412,668 | £237,000 | £142,000 | -40.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £48,587,618 | £51,680,681 | £56,352,526 | £54,555,000 | £54,550,000 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £40,688,997 | £43,400,615 | £46,232,865 | £45,714,000 | £45,416,000 | -0.7% | |
| Equity | £40,688,997 | £43,400,615 | £46,232,865 | £45,714,000 | £45,416,000 | -0.7% | |
| Average employees | 579 | 678 | 718 | 811 | 830 | +2.3% | |
| Wages | £9,099,856 | £11,194,236 | £13,134,931 | £15,698,000 | £17,133,000 | +9.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £419,000 | £454,000 | £501,000 | +10.4% |
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 | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 32.7% | 14.9% | 11.5% | 11.7% | 11.2% | |
| Net margin | 24.9% | 9.0% | 8.2% | 7.4% | 6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.8% | 8.7% | 7.1% | 8.6% | 8.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 32.2% | 36.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.46x | 0.36x | 0.43x | |
| Interest cover | 19.63x | 6.09x | 23.65x | 5.88x | 4.28x |
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 current trading name was adopted 2026-01-05
- ALFA HOTELS LIMITED 2026-01-05 → present
- LEISUREPLEX HOTELS LIMITED 2015-04-30 → 2026-01-05
- LEISUREPLEX LIMITED 1984-03-21 → 2015-04-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue and therefore the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- ALFA HOTELS LIMITED · parent
- Alfa Hotels Property Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company and its subsidiary, Alfa Hotels Property Limited, acquired the trade and assets of the Derwentwater Hotel in Keswick in September 2025.”
- “On 5 January 2026, as part of a Group re-brand, the Company changed its name to Alfa Hotels Limited and the parent company name changed to Alfa Holiday Group Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEELY, Sean Davison | Secretary | 2022-05-01 | — | — |
| HOWARD, David | Director | 2020-01-01 | Oct 1982 | British |
| KEELY, Sean Davison | Director | 2022-01-20 | Jul 1985 | British |
| RUSSELL, Emma | Director | 2015-06-29 | Feb 1979 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LORD, Ian Frank | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| RUSSELL, Emma | Secretary | 2020-04-30 | 2022-05-01 |
| RUSSELL, Emma | Secretary | 2015-07-06 | 2019-07-01 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Peter George | Secretary | — | 2015-07-06 |
| BLUNDELL, Andrew Lewis | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2016-09-02 |
| BROWN, Caroline Louise | Director | 2019-01-23 | 2022-02-24 |
| BULL, Paul Anthony | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2022-06-30 |
| FORD, Stephen John | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2016-05-15 |
| HERBERT, Matthew | Director | 2022-07-04 | 2022-08-05 |
| LORD, Ian Frank | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| MAGUIRE, Lucia Danielle | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2019-02-28 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2001-08-16 | 2019-12-31 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Michael John | Director | — | 2001-08-16 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Patricia Anne | Director | — | 1992-09-09 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Paul Henry | Director | — | 2017-02-28 |
| SAWBRIDGE, Peter George | Director | — | 2015-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfa Holiday Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Alfa Leisureplex Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 253 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-05 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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.