COUNTESS HOLDINGS LTD
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Cash
£2.5m
-0.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£62m
-1.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
73
+5.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
-7.8% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £14,398,342 | £14,512,712 | £14,171,541 | -2.4% | |
| Operating profit | £3,889,307 | £3,628,429 | £3,155,545 | -13% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,567,568 | £1,157,216 | £1,067,523 | -7.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,073,840 | £727,906 | £656,161 | -9.9% | |
| Cash | £2,595,437 | £2,507,893 | £2,502,521 | -0.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £105,811,352 | £105,278,907 | £102,409,252 | -2.7% | |
| Net assets | £62,980,950 | £63,558,856 | £62,493,603 | -1.7% | |
| Equity | £62,980,950 | £63,558,856 | £62,493,603 | -1.7% | |
| Average employees | 56 | 69 | 73 | +5.8% | |
| Wages | £1,827,283 | £2,124,659 | £2,308,691 | +8.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £478,371 | £853,988 | £543,991 | -36.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £4,953 | £5,283 | £5,283 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £158,161 | £283,049 | £151,805 | -46.4% |
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 | 27.0% | 25.0% | 22.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.5% | 5.0% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | 3.4% | 3.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.1% | 41.5% | 40.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 0.99x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | 1.65x | 1.44x | 1.48x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Anderson Shaw
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors, at the time of signing the financial statements, are not aware of any material uncertainty regarding the going concern status”
Group structure
- COUNTESS HOLDINGS LTD · parent
- Baroness Limited 90%
- Kingsridge Limited 90%
- Starcrown Hotels Group Limited 90%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GURTATA, Hardip Kaur | Secretary | 2006-06-30 | — | British |
| GURTATA, Bhagwant Singh | Director | 2006-06-30 | Oct 1953 | British |
| GURTATA, Hardip Kaur | Director | 2023-01-12 | Apr 1965 | British |
| GURTATA, Pradeep Singh | Director | 2023-01-12 | Jun 1984 | British |
| GURTATA, Ravi Singh | Director | 2023-01-12 | May 1988 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-06-30 | 2006-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Bhagwant Singh Gurtata | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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.