HIGHLAND COAST HOTELS LIMITED
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Cash
£667K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£2.1M
Equity attributable
Employees
151
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£960K
Period ending 2023-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £6,699,725 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£580,711 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£960,074 | — | |
| Net profit | -£960,074 | — | |
| Cash | £666,583 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,477,306 | — | |
| Net assets | -£2,085,089 | — | |
| Equity | -£2,085,089 | — | |
| Average employees | 151 | — | |
| Wages | £3,232,573 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £213,537 | — |
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 | -8.7% | |
| Net margin | -14.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -13.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.09x | |
| Interest cover | -1.50x |
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
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors, in their consideration of whether the company is a going concern, have reviewed the company cash flow forecasts and revenue projections, which have been prepared on the basis of market knowledge, past experience and current trading conditions, and 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.”
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 67 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.