AJL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-28 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-14
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+1,141.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4M
+102.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
67
-41.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3M
+365.1% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
During the year, the company sold the hotel on 9 October 2024. After taking this and other factors into account, the accounts have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2021-02-28 | 2022-02-28 | 2023-02-28 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £3,524,071 | — | £4,522,432 | £2,984,206 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £794,273 | £2,912,909 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £517,173 | — | £609,637 | £2,835,253 | |
| Net profit | — | £396,587 | — | £440,712 | £2,300,781 | |
| Cash | — | £443,866 | — | £503,398 | £6,248,907 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,509,012 | — | £4,742,481 | £5,422,319 | |
| Net assets | — | £433,195 | — | £1,752,570 | £3,553,351 | |
| Equity | £36,608 | £433,195 | £1,311,858 | £1,752,570 | £3,553,351 | |
| Average employees | — | 92 | — | 114 | 67 | |
| Wages | — | £1,225,442 | — | £1,649,282 | £1,061,738 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £36,050 | — | £28,000 | £16,333 |
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 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-29
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Turnover
-34%
£4,522,432 £2,984,206
lowest in 3 filed years
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Cash
+1,141.3%
£503,398 £6,248,907
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+102.8%
£1,752,570 £3,553,351
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-41.2%
114 67
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+266.7%
£794,273 £2,912,909
-
Profit before tax
+365.1%
£609,637 £2,835,253
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
-35.6%
£1,649,282 £1,061,738
lowest in 3 filed years
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 | 2021-02-28 | 2022-02-28 | 2023-02-28 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 17.6% | 97.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 11.3% | — | 9.7% | 77.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 16.7% | 53.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 71.5% | 43.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.74x | 7.55x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 4.30x | 26.25x |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2024-10-16
- AJL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 2024-10-16 → present
- HELLABY HALL HOTEL LIMITED 2015-12-18 → 2024-10-16
- HELLABY HALL LIMITED 2015-12-18 → 2015-12-18
- OXFORDSHIRE INN LIMITED 2004-01-29 → 2015-12-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“During the year, the company sold the hotel on 9 October 2024. After taking this and other factors into account, the accounts have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the hotel was sold on 9 October 2024.”
- “The company has changed it's name on 16 October 2024 to "AJL Developments Limited".”
- “An interim dividend of £500,000 was paid in the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAVIN, Andrew John | Director | 2011-02-28 | Jul 1967 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAVIN, Patricia Sara | Secretary | 2008-02-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| RAMM, Houston James | Secretary | 2004-01-29 | 2004-10-04 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-01-29 | 2004-01-29 |
| THE PUB ACCOUNTING COMPANY LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2004-10-04 | 2008-02-01 |
| LAVIN, Anthony Thomas | Director | 2004-01-29 | 2011-01-15 |
| LAVIN, Patricia Sara | Director | 2004-01-29 | 2015-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew John Lavin | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Ajl Hotel Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 76 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-16 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.