BOWLAND INNS & HOTELS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-01 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£462K
+2.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+0.1% vs 2024
Employees
390
-8.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1M
-4.4% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-11-28 | 2021-11-28 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £24,716,196 | £25,369,979 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,061,499 | £1,388,863 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£1,000,125 | -£1,044,212 | |
| Net profit | -£5,976,708 | £8,201,398 | -£382,050 | -£776,322 | -£1,452,623 | -£1,067,345 | |
| Cash | — | £0 | £1,348,279 | £33,770 | £449,649 | £462,320 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £44,950,887 | £46,114,203 | |
| Net assets | £2,195,498 | £20,555,495 | £20,173,445 | £19,442,906 | £17,259,859 | £17,284,494 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £17,259,859 | £17,284,494 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 427 | 390 | |
| Wages | £225,236 | £119,769 | £62,929 | £198,032 | £7,849,428 | £7,582,459 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £2,338 | £3,310 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+2.6%
£24,716,196 £25,369,979
-
Cash
+2.8%
£449,649 £462,320
-
Net assets
+0.1%
£17,259,859 £17,284,494
-
Employees
-8.7%
427 390
-
Operating profit
+30.8%
£1,061,499 £1,388,863
-
Profit before tax
-4.4%
-£1,000,125 -£1,044,212
-
Wages
-3.4%
£7,849,428 £7,582,459
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-11-28 | 2021-11-28 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 4.3% | 5.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -5.9% | -4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 2.4% | 3.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 67.9% | 68.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.48x | 0.55x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 0.51x | 0.57x |
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
- BOWLAND INNS & HOTELS LIMITED 2022-02-24 → present
- EMPORIA LEISURE LIMITED 2002-11-08 → 2022-02-24
- EMPORIA LIMITED 1997-01-31 → 2002-11-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the group's and company's ability to continue as a going concern. In doing so, they have considered the group's financial position, cash flow forecasts and banking arrangements. The directors prepare and regularly update weekly cash flow forecasts, together with monthly management accounts including profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow forecasts. Detailed cash flow projections have been prepared covering a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and extending to 31 May 2027.”
Group structure
- BOWLAND INNS & HOTELS LIMITED · parent
- Bowland Beer Hall Limited 100%
- Bowland Food Hall Limited 100%
- Bowland Speciality Foods Limited 100%
- Cafe Emporia Limited 100%
- Eaves Hall Hotel Limited 100%
- Emporia (Kirkby Lonsdale) Limited 100%
- Emporia Limited 100%
- James' Places (Northwest) limited 100%
- Spinning Block Ltd 100%
- The Falcon Manor Hotel Limited 100%
- The Shireburn Arms Limited 100%
- The Shop at the Emporium Limited 100%
- Waddington Arms Limited 100%
- The Assheton Arms Limited 100%
- Bowland Enterprises Limited 100%
- The Bowland Beer Company Limited 100%
- Holmes Mill Properties Limited 100%
- Wennington Hall Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In October 2023, the group acquired Wennington Hall, which is a stone built, Grade I listed, two storeys with towers, former school and country house.”
- “In October 2025 the group successfully refinanced its existing loan agreement with OakNorth and moved to Barclays.”
- “On 8 October 2025 the group and company renegotiated its banking facilities. At the time of approving the financial statements the company had entered into an exclusivity agreement to acquire the assets of Guys Thatched Hamlet, subject to contract.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WARBURTON, James Peter | Secretary | 1997-01-31 | — | British |
| WARBURTON, Helen Louise | Director | 1999-03-01 | Jan 1971 | British |
| WARBURTON, James Peter | Director | 1997-01-31 | Mar 1965 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-01-31 | 1997-01-31 |
| CAMM, Maurice Joseph | Director | 2011-04-12 | 2014-03-31 |
| CAMM, Maurice Joseph | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2011-04-12 |
| WARBURTON, Peter | Director | 1997-01-31 | 1999-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Peter Warburton | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-10-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-12 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-07-13 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-07-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.