EDWARDIAN FREE TRADE HALL LTD
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Cash
£3.8m
-6.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£56m
+1.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
196
-10.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£123k
-95.4% 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 | £22,552,000 | £23,097,000 | £22,559,000 | -2.3% | |
| Operating profit | £3,782,000 | £3,513,000 | £1,846,000 | -47.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,805,000 | £2,651,000 | £123,000 | -95.4% | |
| Net profit | £2,521,000 | £1,989,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | £2,846,000 | £4,034,000 | £3,763,000 | -6.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £79,066,000 | £75,826,000 | £73,953,000 | -2.5% | |
| Net assets | £54,428,000 | £55,384,000 | £56,398,000 | +1.8% | |
| Equity | £54,428,000 | £55,384,000 | £56,398,000 | +1.8% | |
| Average employees | 195 | 220 | 196 | -10.9% | |
| Wages | £6,679,000 | £6,681,000 | £6,782,000 | +1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £769,000 | £708,000 | -7.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £36,000 | £15,000 | -58.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £521,000 | £495,000 | -5% |
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 | 16.8% | 15.2% | 8.2% | |
| Net margin | 11.2% | 8.6% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.8% | 4.6% | 2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.0% | 32.3% | 29.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.90x | 0.87x | |
| Interest cover | 3.19x | 3.42x | 2.44x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period and will comply with all financial covenants for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Higher central costs being borne by the three remaining hotels in the group following the sale of 10 hotels in January 2024.”
- “Early adoption of revised Section 20 'Leases' and revised Section 23 'Revenue from Contracts with Customers' with effect from 1 January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASON, Vijay | Secretary | 2011-09-27 | — | — |
| DEAR, Krishma | Director | 2022-03-08 | Jan 1988 | British |
| HART, Andrew | Director | 2020-03-31 | Aug 1947 | British |
| SHAH, Shashi Merag | Director | 2020-03-31 | Jan 1945 | British |
| SINGH, Amrit, Mrs. | Director | 2020-03-31 | Sep 1959 | British |
| SINGH, Inderneel | Director | 2020-03-31 | Jul 1984 | British |
| SINGH, Jasminder | Director | 2011-09-27 | Apr 1951 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORLEY, John Robert | Director | 2011-09-27 | 2020-03-31 |
| SINGH, Siraj, Mrs. | Director | 2020-03-31 | 2025-07-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwardian Hotel Finance Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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.