AI BARKING LIMITED
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Cash
£1m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£274k
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£591k
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,734,684 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,716,262 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £590,972 | — | |
| Net profit | £893,414 | — | |
| Cash | £1,007,264 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £274,167 | — | |
| Net assets | £274,167 | — | |
| Equity | £274,167 | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 46.0% | |
| Net margin | 23.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 626.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.08x | |
| Interest cover | 1.49x |
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
- AI BARKING LIMITED 2024-01-24 → present
- AI BARKING LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER THURROCK LIMITED 2019-03-23 → 2024-01-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, taking into account its financial position, cash flow forecasts and the support available from the Group.”
Significant events
- “Accor S.A. announced on July 24, 2026, that it has signed a definitive binding agreement regarding the sale of its c.30.7% stake in Essendi S.A. to Blackstone and Colony IM. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026 after customary regulatory and antitrust approvals. This event has no impact on our financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEUBERT, Alice Sophie Benedicte | Director | 2019-03-23 | Nov 1983 | French |
| VAN DER GRAAF, Martijn | Director | 2021-04-26 | Mar 1977 | Dutch |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERSTRAETE, Cecile Marie Marguerite | Secretary | 2019-03-23 | 2021-04-26 |
| DAGUZAN, Olivier Marie Pierre | Director | 2019-03-23 | 2021-04-26 |
| DE LA RONCIERE, Etienne Michel Ghislain Bourel | Director | 2019-03-23 | 2023-09-20 |
| GIBERT, Celine Francoise Eloise | Director | 2023-09-20 | 2025-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendi Uk Hotels 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-03-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-24 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-24 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.