PROVENANCE HOTELS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-30 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-25
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-08 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-24
Watchouts
Cash
£74K
-22.2% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
-£4M
-41.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
74
-10.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
+16.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The balance sheet shows that liabilities exceed assets by £3,943,067 (2023: £2,795,487) and the company is dependent on its loans and the director's funds for the continuance of normal trading operations. Forecasts, including cash flows, for the period to 31 August 2026 show that the company would be reliant on the continuing support of the director in order to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from date of approval of the balance sheet. As the director has pledged not to withdraw any part of his loan account balance to the extent such withdrawal would be detrimental to the financial position of the group the company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. The director has also confirmed his commitment to provide continued support for the group.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-25
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-30 | 2021-08-29 | 2022-08-28 | 2023-08-27 | 2024-08-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £2,207,549 | £3,643,746 | £3,481,234 | £3,285,288 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£60,915 | -£274,439 | -£1,120,475 | -£777,056 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£105,280 | -£405,336 | -£1,379,814 | -£1,147,580 | |
| Net profit | — | -£105,280 | -£405,336 | -£1,379,814 | -£1,147,580 | |
| Cash | — | £138,751 | £78,667 | £95,210 | £74,079 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£1,010,337 | -£664,160 | -£2,027,320 | -£3,943,067 | |
| Net assets | — | -£1,010,337 | -£1,415,673 | -£2,795,487 | -£3,943,067 | |
| Equity | -£2,937,447 | -£1,010,337 | -£1,415,673 | -£2,795,487 | -£3,943,067 | |
| Average employees | — | 56 | 74 | 83 | 74 | |
| Wages | — | £906,952 | £1,218,412 | £1,392,912 | £1,234,024 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-25 vs 2023-08-27
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Turnover
-5.6%
£3,481,234 £3,285,288
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Cash
-22.2%
£95,210 £74,079
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-41.1%
-£2,795,487 -£3,943,067
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-10.8%
83 74
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Operating profit
+30.6%
-£1,120,475 -£777,056
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Profit before tax
+16.8%
-£1,379,814 -£1,147,580
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Wages
-11.4%
£1,392,912 £1,234,024
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 | 2020-08-30 | 2021-08-29 | 2022-08-28 | 2023-08-27 | 2024-08-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -2.8% | -7.5% | -32.2% | -23.7% | |
| Net margin | — | -4.8% | -11.1% | -39.6% | -34.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 6.0% | 41.3% | 55.3% | 19.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.02x | 0.02x | |
| Interest cover | — | -1.32x | -2.10x | -4.32x | -2.10x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Lithgow Perkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The balance sheet shows that liabilities exceed assets by £3,943,067 (2023: £2,795,487) and the company is dependent on its loans and the director's funds for the continuance of normal trading operations. Forecasts, including cash flows, for the period to 31 August 2026 show that the company would be reliant on the continuing support of the director in order to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from date of approval of the balance sheet. As the director has pledged not to withdraw any part of his loan account balance to the extent such withdrawal would be detrimental to the financial position of the group the company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. The director has also confirmed his commitment to provide continued support for the group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUNDELL, Christopher James | Director | 2014-04-25 | Dec 1955 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBBOTSON, Michael David | Director | 2014-04-25 | 2017-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provenance Hospitality Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.