GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£50k
+354.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.5m
+246.9% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.8m
+154.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,690,000 | £3,825,000 | +3.7% | |
| Operating profit | £2,547,000 | £2,936,000 | +15.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £692,000 | £1,763,000 | +154.8% | |
| Net profit | £526,000 | £1,715,000 | +226% | |
| Cash | £11,000 | £50,000 | +354.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,145,000 | £28,487,000 | -14.1% | |
| Net assets | -£5,765,000 | £8,470,000 | +246.9% | |
| Equity | -£5,765,000 | £8,470,000 | +246.9% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 69.0% | 76.8% | |
| Net margin | 14.3% | 44.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.7% | 10.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 116.4% | 72.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.16x | 5.82x | |
| Interest cover | 1.29x | 2.15x |
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
- GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED 2009-04-24 → present
- INHOCO 3516 LIMITED 2009-04-09 → 2009-04-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Frazier & Deeter (UK Audit) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the Company's financial statements on a going concern basis on the grounds that current and future sources of income, alongside a written letter of support from Covivio Hotels S.C.A., will be adequate to meet the Company's needs for a period at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOUR, Patrick | Director | 2018-11-13 | Jun 1978 | French |
| GAUTIER, Sophie | Director | 2022-03-21 | Oct 1977 | French |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNISON, Matthew Edward | Secretary | 2011-07-19 | 2014-01-31 |
| DOUBLEDAY, Timothy | Secretary | 2010-11-29 | 2011-07-19 |
| GALLAGHER, Geraldine Josephine | Secretary | 2009-04-24 | 2010-11-29 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-04-09 | 2009-04-24 |
| BENNISON, Matthew Edward | Director | 2011-07-19 | 2014-01-31 |
| BURRELL, James Alexander | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2018-11-13 |
| DOUBLEDAY, Timothy John | Director | 2010-11-29 | 2011-07-19 |
| GALLAGHER, Geraldine Josephine | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2018-11-13 |
| HART, Roger | Director | 2009-04-09 | 2009-04-24 |
| HUNTER, Gail Susan | Director | 2010-11-29 | 2018-11-13 |
| LE LAY, Gael Thierry | Director | 2019-08-26 | 2021-05-28 |
| NISBETT, Paul Sandle | Director | 2009-04-24 | 2010-11-29 |
| TOBELEM, Elsa | Director | 2021-05-28 | 2022-03-21 |
| TROY, Anthony Gerard | Director | 2009-04-24 | 2018-11-13 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-04-09 | 2009-04-24 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2009-04-09 | 2009-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Covivio Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-06 | Active |
| Grand Central Hotel Company Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-11-13 | Ceased 2023-12-06 |
| Grand Central Hotel Company Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-11-13 | Ceased 2018-11-13 |
| Principal Hayley Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-04-30 | Ceased 2018-11-13 |
| Rome Investco Ltd | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-13 |
| Hcc Properties Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-09 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-03-04 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.