FIRMDALE HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£29m
+28.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£556m
-7.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,842
+0.1% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£25m
+18.5% vs 2025
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £198,158,000 | £220,303,000 | £231,900,000 | +5.3% | |
| Operating profit | £17,762,000 | -£833,000 | £11,526,000 | +1,483.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,888,000 | -£30,493,000 | -£24,858,000 | +18.5% | |
| Net profit | -£10,714,000 | -£29,434,000 | -£22,582,000 | +23.3% | |
| Cash | £27,917,000 | £22,520,000 | £28,991,000 | +28.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £914,496,000 | £1,118,997,000 | £1,227,887,000 | +9.7% | |
| Net assets | £623,149,000 | £601,583,000 | £555,697,000 | -7.6% | |
| Equity | £623,149,000 | £601,583,000 | £555,697,000 | -7.6% | |
| Average employees | 1,656 | 1,841 | 1,842 | +0.1% | |
| Wages | £50,311,000 | £52,874,000 | £53,994,000 | +2.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £549,000 | £579,000 | £1,038,000 | +79.3% |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.0% | -0.4% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | -5.4% | -13.4% | -9.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.9% | -0.1% | 0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 53.2% | 54.0% | 55.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.11x | 0.22x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | 0.82x | -0.03x | 0.31x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- FIRMDALE HOLDINGS LIMITED 2003-06-23 → present
- POINTCODE MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2003-01-27 → 2003-06-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In assessing the Group's ability to continue as a going concern, the directors have considered the cash flow forecasts, liabilities, and funding arrangements of Firmdale Holdings Limited ("the Group"). The directors have reviewed the Group's overall funding and liquidity position and are satisfied that adequate resources are available to enable the Group to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Accordingly, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- FIRMDALE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Firmdale Hotels PLC 100%
- Firmdale West End Ltd 100%
- HY Hotels Ltd 100%
- Number Sixteen Hotel Ltd 100%
- Dorset Square Hotel (Freehold) Ltd 100%
- Palace Laundry Ltd 100%
- Firmdale Holdings (USA) Inc. 100%
- Almondbox Property Ltd 100%
- Innovation Centre Ltd 100%
- Bedford Place Hotel Ltd 100%
- Covent Garden Hotel (Freehold) Ltd 100%
- Kit Kemp Design Ltd 100%
- 224 Shoreditch High Street Ltd 100%
- Firmdale Property Investments Ltd 100%
- Soho Hotel Ltd 100%
- Ham Yard Investment Ltd 100%
- 21 Golden Square Ltd 100%
- Crosby Street Hotel Mezz LLC 100%
- Crosby Street Hotel LLC 100%
- 56th Street Hotel Mezz LLC 100%
- 56th Street Hotel LLC 100%
- Warren Street Hotel Mezz LLC 100%
- Warren Street Hotel LLC 100%
- Covent Garden Hotel (Leasehold) Ltd 100%
- Dorset Square Hotel (Leasehold) Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SODEN, Malcolm Thomas | Secretary | 2004-09-03 | — | British |
| ABERLE, Claude Markus | Director | 2012-10-16 | Aug 1954 | Swiss |
| CHELES, Rolando | Director | 2025-06-12 | Jul 1954 | Italian |
| GRAY, John Paul | Director | 2011-02-01 | Apr 1944 | British |
| KEMP, Timothy John Reginald | Director | 2003-04-23 | Feb 1946 | British |
| PERLHAGEN, Richard Cal | Director | 2021-03-12 | Jun 1980 | Swedish |
| RING, Con Christopher | Director | 2025-06-12 | Apr 1969 | Irish |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARKHAM, Craig Andrew | Secretary | 2003-04-23 | 2004-09-03 |
| SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-01-27 | 2003-04-23 |
| ABERIE, Claude Markus | Director | 2012-10-16 | 2012-10-16 |
| BROTCHIE, Christopher Kelso Bedford | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2025-05-31 |
| KEANE, John Michael | Director | 2003-04-23 | 2012-10-16 |
| MARKHAM, Craig Andrew | Director | 2003-04-23 | 2003-08-26 |
| WICKS, Carolyn Anne | Director | 2003-04-23 | 2003-08-26 |
| SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-01-27 | 2003-04-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Timothy John Reginald Kemp | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-18 |
| Nerine Trust Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Claude Markus Aberle | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.