COVENT GARDEN HOTEL (FREEHOLD) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-24 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£30K
-44.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£15M
-5.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
3
+200% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£706K
+94.9% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2023-02-01 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £1,874,256 | £2,159,896 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£10,290,571 | £2,244,599 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£13,839,392 | -£705,580 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£13,839,392 | -£705,580 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £53,941 | £29,851 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £100 | -£49,973 | — | £34,760,635 | £33,180,055 | |
| Net assets | £100 | -£49,973 | — | -£13,889,365 | -£14,594,945 | |
| Equity | £100 | -£49,973 | -£49,973 | -£13,889,365 | -£14,594,945 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+15.2%
£1,874,256 £2,159,896
-
Cash
-44.7%
£53,941 £29,851
-
Net assets
-5.1%
-£13,889,365 -£14,594,945
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+200%
1 3
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+121.8%
-£10,290,571 £2,244,599
-
Profit before tax
+94.9%
-£13,839,392 -£705,580
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 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2023-02-01 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 103.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -32.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -29.6% | 6.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.15x | 0.13x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -2.90x | 0.76x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COVENT GARDEN HOTEL (FREEHOLD) LTD 2023-01-06 → present
- UNIVERSAL SHEDS LTD 2018-01-09 → 2023-01-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied this company remains a going concern. In light of positive trading and cash generation projections and supportive banks, the Board has a high degree of confidence that the company will be able to meet its liabilities and covenant obligations for a period of at least twelve months.”
Group structure
- COVENT GARDEN HOTEL (FREEHOLD) LTD · parent
- Covent Garden Hotel (Leasehold) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SODEN, Malcolm | Secretary | 2018-01-09 | — | — |
| KEMP, Timothy John Reginald | Director | 2018-01-09 | Feb 1946 | British |
| RING, Con Christopher | Director | 2024-01-12 | Apr 1969 | Irish |
| SODEN, Malcolm Thomas | Director | 2024-01-12 | Mar 1960 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firmdale Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 28 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-06 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2021-04-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-03-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2021-04-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-02-03 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.