GENERATOR HOSTELS LTD
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Cash
£3m
+83.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£66m
-5.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
37
-2.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5.2m
+14% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £10,319,867 | £11,678,848 | £11,088,283 | -5.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,777,240 | £2,901,680 | £889,561 | -69.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,042,225 | -£6,082,677 | -£5,228,328 | +14% | |
| Net profit | -£9,668,476 | -£6,661,498 | -£5,690,529 | +14.6% | |
| Cash | £1,456,300 | £1,625,958 | £2,984,622 | +83.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£38,349,996 | £82,387,155 | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£55,881,306 | -£62,542,802 | -£66,087,019 | -5.7% | |
| Equity | -£55,881,304 | -£62,542,802 | -£66,087,019 | -5.7% | |
| Average employees | 35 | 38 | 37 | -2.6% | |
| Wages | £5,229,065 | £5,055,200 | £6,926,240 | +37% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £4,083,342 | £1,161,881 | £1,023,269 | -11.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £13,333 | £9,500 | -28.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £3,751,450 | £948,589 | — | — |
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 | 17.2% | 24.8% | 8.0% | |
| Net margin | -93.7% | -57.0% | -51.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 3.5% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 153.9% | 161.5% | 164.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.63x | 4.33x | — | |
| Interest cover | 0.17x | 0.30x | 0.09x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- GENERATOR HOSTELS LTD 2008-10-20 → present
- THE GENERATOR (HOSTELS) LTD 2001-11-14 → 2008-10-20
- MBI MBO HOTELS LIMITED 1998-03-31 → 2001-11-14
- THE ABBEY COURT HOTEL LIMITED 1996-04-30 → 1998-03-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite the losses, the company has been given full financial support by the ultimate parent company and the Directors believe it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In May 2025, the European operations of Generator including this company were sold to Aluminum Bidco European Hostels Limited (a Brookfield Asset Management group company) for total consideration of €776 million with completion date of 31st July 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANNABLE, Benedict Tobias, Mr. | Director | 2025-07-31 | Oct 1977 | British |
| GATENBY, Thomas James, Mr. | Director | 2025-07-31 | Mar 1989 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOLPHIN, Matthew Stjohn | Secretary | 1996-04-30 | 1998-07-31 |
| GIL, Alberto Manuel | Secretary | 1998-10-03 | 2003-01-08 |
| HOURY, Christopher | Secretary | 2007-04-11 | 2007-08-09 |
| MACK, Justin | Secretary | 2007-08-09 | 2017-08-20 |
| TYSTERMAN, Willem | Secretary | 2003-01-08 | 2007-04-30 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-04-30 | 1996-04-30 |
| BRAEUER, Marion | Director | 2007-04-25 | 2015-06-18 |
| DELIGNY, Herve Olivier Arnaud | Director | 2022-03-01 | 2024-08-06 |
| DOLPHIN, Matthew Stjohn | Director | 1996-04-30 | 1998-07-31 |
| DUFFY, Bryan Scott Alan | Director | 1996-04-30 | 2007-08-09 |
| DUFFY, Kingsley Scott Bryan | Director | 2001-11-29 | 2007-08-09 |
| DUFFY, Louise | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2007-08-09 |
| GILL, Sharn | Director | 2019-08-12 | 2020-09-07 |
| GUETTOUCHE, Andre | Director | 2017-07-13 | 2022-02-01 |
| HARRIES, Paul Ronayne | Director | 2014-11-24 | 2017-06-13 |
| KORALLUS, Jon Fredrik | Director | 2015-06-18 | 2017-05-12 |
| MCNESTRY, Hugo | Director | 2014-04-24 | 2014-11-14 |
| MICHEL, Carl Heinrich | Director | 2014-04-24 | 2015-06-18 |
| MILLET, Jonathan James | Director | 2019-08-12 | 2020-10-23 |
| O'MAHONEY, Michael Eugene | Director | 2025-01-20 | 2025-07-31 |
| SLIMMING, Paul Richard | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2018-10-10 |
| THIESSEN, Jueane | Director | 2019-08-12 | 2025-07-31 |
| THOMANN, Alastair Bernhard | Director | 2017-07-13 | 2025-01-20 |
| VAN DIJK, Eric | Director | 2007-04-25 | 2012-12-27 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-04-30 | 1996-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum Propholdco 1 European Hostels Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.