HIGHLAND COAST HOTELS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-17 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£587K
-11.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£3M
-29.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
177
+17.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£614K
+36.1% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-30 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £6,699,725 | £9,010,010 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£580,711 | -£101,264 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£960,074 | -£613,948 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£960,074 | -£613,948 | |
| Cash | £8,579 | £2,886 | £666,583 | £587,263 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£65,788 | -£128,519 | £4,477,306 | £4,765,877 | |
| Net assets | — | — | -£2,085,089 | -£2,699,037 | |
| Equity | -£65,788 | -£128,519 | -£2,085,089 | -£2,699,037 | |
| Average employees | — | 6 | 151 | 177 | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,232,573 | £3,982,614 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £213,537 | £167,566 |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+34.5%
£6,699,725 £9,010,010
-
Cash
-11.9%
£666,583 £587,263
-
Net assets
-29.4%
-£2,085,089 -£2,699,037
-
Employees
+17.2%
151 177
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+82.6%
-£580,711 -£101,264
-
Profit before tax
+36.1%
-£960,074 -£613,948
-
Wages
+23.2%
£3,232,573 £3,982,614
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 | 2019-12-30 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -8.7% | -1.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -14.3% | -6.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -13.0% | -2.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.09x | 0.07x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -1.50x | -0.19x |
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
- French Duncan LLP trading as AAB
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors... believe, based on the company's current committed debt position and projected cash generation from trading, that it is appropriate to prepare the company financial statements on a going concern basis. The company will therefore have adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “Highland Coast Hotels has acquired Lochardil House to complete our coverage of the NC500 and The Haven to add capacity where it was most needed in Plockton for guests and staffing.”
- “The Haven in Plockton and Lochardil House in Inverness were acquired at the end of January 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWFORD, Guy Lindsay Macintyre | Director | 2023-05-18 | Jun 1952 | British |
| GULLY, James Ian Mackenzie | Director | 2019-07-30 | Jan 1975 | British |
| NEISON, Kenneth | Director | 2019-07-30 | Sep 1969 | Scottish |
| ROBINSON, Hugo Edward William | Director | 2021-03-31 | Mar 1973 | British |
| TILLMAN, James Oliver | Director | 2021-03-31 | Jan 1980 | British |
| WHITEFORD, David Robert | Director | 2019-11-01 | Jul 1957 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURRAY, Alan | Secretary | 2019-06-04 | 2019-11-01 |
| LEDERER, Peter Julian | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2021-03-11 |
| WATT, Douglas Roderick Buell | Director | 2019-06-04 | 2025-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kpc Ii Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2021-03-31 | Active |
| Mr Kenneth Neison | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-01-07 | Ceased 2021-03-31 |
| The Hotel Management Company (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-01-07 | Ceased 2021-03-31 |
| Mr Alan John Murray | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-06-04 | Ceased 2020-01-07 |
| Mr Douglas Roderick Watt | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-06-04 | Ceased 2020-01-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-06-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-03-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation 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.