INTERNATIONAL HOTELIERS (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£10m
-20.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£293m
+4.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
386
+2.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£11m
+37.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-09-17.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £56,066,000 | £56,522,000 | £57,328,000 | +1.4% | |
| Operating profit | £14,925,000 | £16,602,000 | £17,771,000 | +7% | |
| Profit before tax | £9,608,000 | £7,743,000 | £10,637,000 | +37.4% | |
| Net profit | £6,678,000 | £5,232,000 | £9,929,000 | +89.8% | |
| Cash | £15,507,000 | £12,978,000 | £10,360,000 | -20.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £566,687,000 | £581,504,000 | +2.6% | |
| Net assets | £267,991,000 | £280,585,000 | £293,246,000 | +4.5% | |
| Equity | £267,991,000 | £280,585,000 | £293,246,000 | +4.5% | |
| Average employees | 369 | 376 | 386 | +2.7% | |
| Wages | £11,963,000 | £12,857,000 | £12,419,000 | -3.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 26.6% | 29.4% | 31.0% | |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 9.3% | 17.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 2.9% | 3.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.2% | 54.2% | 52.6% | |
| Current ratio | 4.94x | 5.89x | 7.25x | |
| Interest cover | 1.32x | 1.09x | 1.35x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- INTERNATIONAL HOTELIERS (UK) LIMITED 1988-11-14 → present
- I.I.G. (UK) LIMITED 1983-03-09 → 1988-11-14
- SPIRELEAF LIMITED 1983-02-11 → 1983-03-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied that the Group has sufficient resources to support the Company and therefore deems it appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- INTERNATIONAL HOTELIERS (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Churchill Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 31 July 2026, an amendment was made to the £200 million loan agreement between Deutsche Bank Luxembourg SA and International Hoteliers (UK) Limited. The initial termination date of 31 July 2025 was extended to 31 July 2031, whereby International Hoteliers (UK) Limited will then have a further option to extend to 31 July 2032.”
- “As part of an internal reorganisation of the wider Group within which the Company sits, the directors intend to remove Primeiro Limited, the indirect shareholder of the Company, from the register within the foreseeable future... It is the intention of the directors to transfer the entire shareholding of the Company to Constellation Hotels Holding S.C.A.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL THANI, Jassim Bin Hamad | Director | 2013-08-01 | Apr 1982 | Qatari |
| BAKHOS, Fady | Director | 2013-08-01 | Dec 1971 | Lebanese |
| PENNINGTON, Deborah | Director | 2022-10-11 | Aug 1979 | British |
| WESTON, Ben | Director | 2026-04-14 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAN, Charles | Secretary | — | 1993-02-04 |
| COOPER, Karin | Secretary | 2013-08-01 | 2026-04-14 |
| MOATASSEM, Saeb Zeki | Secretary | 1998-05-05 | 2013-07-31 |
| PATERNOSTER SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1993-02-04 | 1998-05-05 |
| CAIRNS, Michael Anthony | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2022-10-10 |
| CHAN, Charles | Director | — | 1993-02-04 |
| COOPER, Karin | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2026-04-14 |
| DE VEULLE, Philip John | Director | 1993-02-04 | 1993-03-19 |
| EL GUIZIRI, Zaki Nasser Zaki | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2021-11-08 |
| GRANT, Lewis Russel Horace | Director | 1993-02-04 | 1993-03-19 |
| HARGREAVES, Peter William | Director | 1993-02-14 | 1998-05-05 |
| HUDDLESTONE, Paul Ivan Michael | Director | 1993-02-04 | 1993-03-19 |
| MOATASSEM, Saeb Zeki | Director | 1998-05-05 | 2013-07-31 |
| O'SHEA, John | Director | 1998-05-05 | 2013-04-18 |
| REA, John | Director | 1999-11-24 | 2013-05-02 |
| STOTT, Myles Tweedale | Director | 1993-03-19 | 1998-05-05 |
| GUARDIAN LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1993-03-19 | 1998-05-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primeairo Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.