COVENT GARDEN HOTEL (FREEHOLD) LTD
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Cash
£16k
-45.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£16m
-8.2% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
3
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£1.2m
-70% vs 2025
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £1,874,256 | £2,159,896 | £2,145,201 | -0.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£10,290,571 | £2,244,599 | £1,975,562 | -12% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£13,839,392 | -£705,580 | -£1,199,194 | -70% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£13,839,392 | -£705,580 | -£1,199,194 | -70% | |
| Cash | — | — | £53,941 | £29,851 | £16,341 | -45.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £100 | -£49,973 | £34,760,635 | £33,180,055 | £31,005,861 | -6.6% | |
| Net assets | — | -£49,973 | -£13,889,365 | -£14,594,945 | -£15,794,139 | -8.2% | |
| Equity | £100 | -£49,973 | -£13,889,365 | -£14,594,945 | -£15,794,139 | -8.2% | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0% | |
| 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. 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 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 103.9% | 92.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -32.7% | -55.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -29.6% | 6.8% | 6.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 129.3% | 130.8% | 133.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.15x | 0.13x | 0.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -2.90x | 0.76x | 0.62x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In light of the positive trading and cash generation projections, projected delivery of financial covenant requirements, and supportive banks, the Board has a high degree of confidence that the company will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due and meet its covenant obligations for a period of at least twelve months. The Directors have therefore concluded that the company can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- COVENT GARDEN HOTEL (FREEHOLD) LTD · parent
- Covent Garden Hotel (Leasehold) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
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 29 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 |
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.