HORTUS INNS LIMITED
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Cash
£736k
+47.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.7m
-12.6% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
57
-5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£636k
-71.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £4,025,983 | £3,918,674 | £4,228,213 | +7.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £69,173 | -£252,864 | -£515,573 | -103.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £6,047 | -£370,946 | -£635,849 | -71.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £22,258 | -£332,908 | -£686,014 | -106.1% | |
| Cash | £362,650 | £769,756 | £790,569 | £565,702 | £500,142 | £736,455 | +47.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,807,895 | £4,972,037 | £5,071,313 | £5,800,911 | £5,824,601 | £5,068,752 | -13% | |
| Net assets | £4,807,895 | £4,929,713 | £5,017,064 | £5,767,509 | £5,434,601 | £4,748,587 | -12.6% | |
| Equity | £4,807,895 | £4,929,713 | £5,017,064 | £5,767,509 | £5,434,601 | £4,748,587 | -12.6% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 38 | 47 | 83 | 60 | 57 | -5% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,912,581 | £1,881,910 | £1,918,653 | +2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £240,204 | £89,157 | £134,664 | +51% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 1.7% | -6.5% | -12.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 0.6% | -8.5% | -16.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 1.2% | -4.3% | -10.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.7% | 33.9% | 24.5% | 46.4% | 50.2% | 54.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.22x | 0.18x | 0.19x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 1.09x | -2.14x | -4.28x |
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
- HORTUS INNS LIMITED 2019-07-09 → present
- RSH 100 LIMITED 2019-06-06 → 2019-07-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the company has loans from both a related entity and Directors. Both the related entity and the Directors have given assurances that they will not request repayment of these loans in the next twelve months. Accordingly, the Directors consider the going concern basis of preparation of the financial statements to be appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLEAVER, Geoffrey John | Director | 2019-10-01 | May 1962 | British |
| DAVIS, Paul | Director | 2019-10-01 | Aug 1963 | British |
| HORTON, Michael Tombs | Director | 2019-06-06 | Sep 1939 | British |
| HORTON, Pamela Jane | Director | 2019-06-06 | Dec 1950 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARLOW, Julie Patricia | Secretary | 2019-06-06 | 2023-10-20 |
| BARLOW, Julie Patricia | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2023-10-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Tombs Horton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-06-06 | Active |
| Mrs Pamela Jane Horton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-06-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2026-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-10-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
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.