COPTHORNE HOTEL (NEWCASTLE) LIMITED
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Cash
£233k
-84.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
+3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
90
+9.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£458k
+8.3% 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 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,827,000 | £5,100,000 | £5,280,000 | +3.5% | |
| Operating profit | £291,000 | £512,000 | £533,000 | +4.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £203,000 | £423,000 | £458,000 | +8.3% | |
| Net profit | £93,000 | £170,000 | £303,000 | +78.2% | |
| Cash | £1,613,000 | £1,491,000 | £233,000 | -84.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,156,000 | £10,535,000 | £10,909,000 | +3.6% | |
| Net assets | £10,086,000 | £10,256,000 | £10,559,000 | +3% | |
| Equity | £10,086,000 | £10,256,000 | £10,559,000 | +3% | |
| Average employees | 96 | 82 | 90 | +9.8% | |
| Wages | £1,609,000 | £1,650,000 | £1,655,000 | +0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £15,000 | £15,000 | £15,000 | 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 10.0% | 10.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 3.3% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.9% | 4.9% | 4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.4% | 24.6% | 21.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.65x | 0.87x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 3.31x | 5.75x | 7.11x |
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
- COPTHORNE HOTEL (NEWCASTLE) LIMITED 1989-06-01 → present
- CLOSE GATE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 1987-06-22 → 1989-06-01
- STRETCHALERT LIMITED 1987-03-17 → 1987-06-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have performed a going concern assessment, which indicates that the Company may require additional funds, through funding from its intermediate parent company... Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Limited has indicated its intention to continue to make available such funds as are needed”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPTHORNE HOTELS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-03-05 | — | — |
| KWEK, Eik Sheng | Director | 2020-12-11 | Jun 1981 | Singaporean |
| COPTHORNE HOTELS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2018-09-14 | — | — |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELANEY, Michael Lawrence | Secretary | 1993-06-14 | 1994-09-28 |
| HANCOCK COOK, David Alan | Secretary | 1995-10-09 | 1999-09-02 |
| HANCOCK COOK, David Alan | Secretary | — | 1993-06-14 |
| HODGES, Simon | Secretary | 1999-09-02 | 2003-11-06 |
| SELWYN, Julian | Secretary | 1994-09-28 | 1995-10-09 |
| THOMAS, David Fraser | Secretary | 2003-11-06 | 2004-03-05 |
| ALLISON, Simon Jeremy | Director | 2004-11-05 | 2004-11-25 |
| ARMITSTEAD, Martin Lewis | Director | — | 1992-09-22 |
| BROWN, Frederick James Arthur | Director | 1995-10-09 | 2003-12-31 |
| BUSHNELL, Adrian John | Director | 2004-05-17 | 2012-10-11 |
| COOKE, Norman | Director | — | 2004-12-14 |
| DANGERFIELD, Tony Matthew | Director | 2005-11-28 | 2006-03-21 |
| DELANEY, Michael Lawrence | Director | 1993-06-14 | 1994-09-28 |
| GRECH, Jonathon Mackenzie | Director | 2013-10-07 | 2020-12-11 |
| HANCOCK COOK, David Alan | Director | — | 2001-07-31 |
| HARRINGTON, Clive Anthony | Director | 2010-05-11 | 2017-11-24 |
| HARTMAN, Richard Montgomery | Director | 2008-04-15 | 2010-05-14 |
| HILL, Antony Richard | Director | 2008-04-15 | 2011-03-18 |
| HORST, Anthony John | Director | — | 1992-09-22 |
| HUNT, Kenneth | Director | 2001-10-04 | 2011-01-19 |
| HUNT, Kenneth | Director | — | 2000-08-30 |
| NIGITSCH, Michael | Director | 2017-11-24 | 2018-08-08 |
| ORME, Martin | Director | 1994-03-16 | 2000-09-04 |
| POTTER, Anthony Grahame | Director | 2006-03-20 | 2006-10-27 |
| POTTER, Anthony Grahame | Director | 2000-09-19 | 2005-11-28 |
| PRICE, Stephen Edward | Director | 2000-09-19 | 2004-12-31 |
| PRICE, Stephen Edward | Director | 1992-09-22 | 1994-03-16 |
| SCOTT, Alan George, Mr. | Director | 2012-10-11 | 2013-10-07 |
| TAYLOR, Peter James | Director | — | 2000-03-31 |
| WILKINS, Grant Christopher | Director | 2005-02-03 | 2006-02-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copthorne Hotel Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 228 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-24 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-24 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2020-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-22 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2019-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.