HEARTSTONE INNS LIMITED
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Cash
£855K
-24.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+0.4% vs 2024
Employees
307
+12.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£791K
+463.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-07-01.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,278,213 | £12,090,102 | +17.6% | |
| Operating profit | £476,107 | £1,242,073 | +160.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £140,545 | £791,391 | +463.1% | |
| Net profit | £304,411 | £517,830 | +70.1% | |
| Cash | £1,129,502 | £855,284 | -24.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,725,523 | £23,162,663 | +1.9% | |
| Net assets | £15,281,227 | £15,341,408 | +0.4% | |
| Equity | £15,281,227 | £15,341,408 | +0.4% | |
| Average employees | 273 | 307 | +12.5% | |
| Wages | £3,831,587 | £4,470,014 | +16.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £301,588 | £319,248 | +5.9% |
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 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.1% | 5.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.8% | 39.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 0.55x | |
| Interest cover | 1.26x | 2.68x |
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
- HEARTSTONE INNS LIMITED 2014-02-11 → present
- HEARTSTONE INNS 2 LIMITED 2009-08-06 → 2014-02-11
- YOURCO 121 LIMITED 2009-06-17 → 2009-08-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In preparing and approving these financial statements the directors have given due consideration to the Principal Risks and Uncertainties outlined in the Strategic Report. Whilst recognising that there can be no certainty the directors are satisfied that the going concern basis of preparation remains appropriate. Management have prepared a range of financial forecasts based upon various scenarios and, having considered the above factors and various other measures available to them, are satisfied that the company will be able to operate within its available facilities and continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future - being a period no less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company started and ended the year with nine public houses having acquired the Sidcot Arms in Somerset in December 2024.”
- “The company completed the extensive refurbishment of the 31 bedroom Sidcot Arms in Somerset in early 2025, a project which was a key factor in successfully developing the business in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPEAFI SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-06-17 | — | — |
| BEALE, Edward John | Director | 2013-05-15 | Sep 1960 | British |
| BIRCH, James David Alexander | Director | 2009-06-30 | Jan 1967 | British |
| BLACK, Robin Kennedy | Director | 2009-06-30 | Mar 1958 | British |
| HAINING, Andrew | Director | 2009-06-30 | Jun 1959 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARSHALL, Lloyd Hugh | Director | 2013-05-15 | 2016-11-20 |
| PEARS, Mary Catherine | Director | 2009-06-17 | 2009-06-30 |
| SPEAFI LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-06-17 | 2009-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-07-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-16 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-05-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-10-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.