KENDAL CASTLE LIMITED
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Cash
£205K
+20.8% vs 2024
Net assets
-£9M
-4.3% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
128
+1.6% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£369K
+78.3% highest in 6 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Because of the matter described in the Basis for Disclaimer of Opinion section of our report, we were unable to conclude on the appropriateness of the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting.
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Audit opinion: Disclaimer of opinion
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,454,642 | £2,700,403 | £5,737,940 | £5,419,868 | £5,427,555 | £5,388,247 | -0.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,172,265 | -£923,870 | -£225,181 | -£638,059 | -£873,957 | -£1,261,519 | -44.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,807,303 | -£1,565,986 | -£893,002 | -£1,388,936 | -£1,701,315 | -£368,855 | +78.3% | |
| Net profit | -£1,799,096 | -£1,565,986 | -£901,515 | -£1,415,494 | -£1,743,821 | -£368,855 | +78.8% | |
| Cash | £347,856 | £721,683 | £927,561 | £314,404 | £170,104 | £205,445 | +20.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,414,923 | £7,531,070 | £6,245,214 | £4,699,930 | £484,394 | -£3,385,533 | -798.9% | |
| Net assets | -£3,010,964 | -£4,576,950 | -£5,478,465 | -£6,893,959 | -£8,637,780 | -£9,006,635 | -4.3% | |
| Equity | -£3,010,964 | -£4,576,950 | -£5,478,465 | -£6,893,959 | -£8,637,780 | -£9,006,635 | -4.3% | |
| Average employees | 106 | 91 | 119 | 124 | 126 | 128 | +1.6% | |
| Wages | £136,756 | £111,436 | £145,970 | £152,219 | £169,758 | £172,929 | +1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-06-30 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -33.9% | -34.2% | -3.9% | -11.8% | -16.1% | -23.4% | |
| Net margin | -52.1% | -58.0% | -15.7% | -26.1% | -32.1% | -6.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -13.9% | -12.3% | -3.6% | -13.6% | -180.4% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 154.7% | 180.2% | 195.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.12x | 0.07x | 0.07x | |
| Interest cover | -1.85x | -1.44x | -0.34x | -0.79x | -0.96x | -2.15x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- KENDAL CASTLE LIMITED 2018-09-17 → present
- GOLDHIRE SERVICES LIMITED 2018-06-21 → 2018-09-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Fairman Harris
- Audit opinion
- Disclaimer of opinion
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Because of the matter described in the Basis for Disclaimer of Opinion section of our report, we were unable to conclude on the appropriateness of the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting.”
Significant events
- “The refurbishment of the hotel was completed in 2020, so the hotel's current room stock is second to none in the local market place.”
- “Projects for the next financial year are focused around reducing the hotel's carbon footprint, with projects underway, such as solar energy, and other energy saving initiatives, which will enable us to reduce our costs, as well, in the light of increasing utility costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2026-04-23 | — | — |
| BROOME, Stephen Charles | Director | 2025-12-15 | May 1951 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANK TRUMAN LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2018-06-21 | 2026-04-23 |
| JAFFER, Haider Ladhu | Director | 2018-06-21 | 2022-12-02 |
| JAFFER, Shellina | Director | 2020-05-22 | 2026-04-23 |
| RAMAN, Manoj | Director | 2018-06-21 | 2026-04-23 |
| SULEMAN, Hassanali Amirali Dawood | Director | 2018-06-21 | 2026-04-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Sumita Jain | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-08-11 | Active |
| Mr Pankaj Jain | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-12-10 | Ceased 2021-10-11 |
| Mr Haider Ladhu Jaffer | Individual | Significant influence (as firm) | 2018-06-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 40 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-23 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.