MERCHANT HOTEL LIMITED
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Cash
£717K
+42.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.2M
+22.7% vs 2024
Employees
365
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£989K
+61.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,877,759 | £17,193,005 | +1.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,884,862 | £2,028,299 | +7.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £613,041 | £988,858 | +61.3% | |
| Net profit | £284,053 | £586,326 | +106.4% | |
| Cash | £503,086 | £717,342 | +42.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,561,134 | £18,858,661 | -3.6% | |
| Net assets | £2,583,704 | £3,170,030 | +22.7% | |
| Equity | £2,583,704 | £3,170,030 | +22.7% | |
| Average employees | 365 | 365 | 0% | |
| Wages | £5,892,244 | £6,194,260 | +5.1% | |
| 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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.2% | 11.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.6% | 10.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 1.00x | |
| Interest cover | 1.39x | 1.80x |
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
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- MERCHANT HOTEL LIMITED · parent
- Beannchor Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Other loans represent amounts owed to the directors. The principal element of this balance was re-assigned to a fellow group undertaking, Beannchor HO Limited, as part of a refinancing exercise completed in December 2019.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SINTON, James Henry | Secretary | 2012-02-16 | — | — |
| SINTON, James Henry, Mr. | Director | 2011-04-11 | Mar 1979 | British |
| WOLSEY, Conall | Director | 2008-06-01 | Dec 1983 | British |
| WOLSEY, Luke | Director | 2008-06-01 | May 1986 | British |
| WOLSEY, William Adams, Dr | Director | 2008-06-01 | Sep 1953 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHELL, Sarah | Secretary | 2008-04-24 | 2008-06-01 |
| WOLSEY, Linda Georgina | Secretary | 2008-06-01 | 2012-02-16 |
| MORGAN, John Patrick | Director | 2008-11-06 | 2012-02-16 |
| THOMPSON, Colin | Director | 2008-04-24 | 2008-06-01 |
| WOLSEY, Linda Georgina | Director | 2008-06-01 | 2012-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seanachai Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 78 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-16 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-15 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2020-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-02-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.