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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED
CONTENTS
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LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The directors present their Strategic Report together with the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Being surrounded by big hotel groups in Southwark, we continue to strive at being competitive through a multi-faceted approach by targeting more direct bookings, analysing travel patterns, controlling occupancy, and strategically applying and changing the right rates at the right time. The footfall in the London Bridge area and the added offerings in the numerous eateries popping up has made this area very popular.
The directors believe that risk assessment is a vital part of running the business. However, due to the nature of the hospitality industry there is always exposure to financial risk. We have in place working capital forecasts for purpose of cash requirements to manage liquidity risk. We also aim to manage capital in order to provide returns to shareholders and optimisecapital structure to reduce cost to capital. Market risks are managed by having a broad customer base and credit risk ismanaged by quarterly and annual credit checks and reviewing credits offered to accounts that are not in regular use.
The directors believe the financial key performance indicators of the business as follows:
- Revenue Generation Index - Average Rate Index - Market Penetration Index They continue to price strategically based on current trends in order to maintain, if not beat competitors.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
The directors who served during the year were:
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £2,929,515 (2023 - £182,468).
We believe we can now safely say that 2024 is the year that hospitality is back at pre-pandemic levels. In London, especially in the boutique hotel sector where a significant rebound and robust demand was felt and we have largely capitalised on this trend. A combination of higher occupancy and strategic price modelling has given us an Average Daily Rate (ADR) of 39% higher compared to 5 years ago and a 5% uplift YOY. Overall total sales also increased by 14% as the level of corporate client demand increased and our weekend leisure business predominantly driven by staycations, have also delivered. After the soft refurbishment of 2022-23, we have turned our focus on enhancing guest experience alongside the consistency of good service and anticipation of guest needs, which is what we believe contributes to our achievement as an independent boutique hotel.
Our 2025 forecast is an increase in occupancy with a light increase in ADR aiming for a 5%-7% increase in room yield. By committing to this strategy in 2025, our independent hotel will remain competitive with our competitor set and achieve a sustainable increase in RevPAR and overall profitability.
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LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Subsequent to the year end, the business underwent a restructure, incorporating a holding company and fellow subsidiary, for further details please refer to note 20.
The auditors, Harris & Trotter LLP, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of London Bridge Hotels Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Financial Position, the Statement of Cash Flows, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' Report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Directors' Report.
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LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditors' Report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
- Holding discussions with Management to consider any known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations or fraud identified by them; - Gaining an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the Group and the industry in which it operates, through discussion with Management and the audit committee and our knowledge of the industry; - Considering the significant laws and regulations of the countries in which the Group operates to be those relating to the industry, financial reporting framework, tax legislation and the listing rules. - Assessing the susceptibility of the Group’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur; - Testing the appropriateness of journal entries made through the year by applying specific criteria to detect possible irregularities and fraud. - Performing a detailed review of the Group’s year-end adjusting entries and consolidation elimination journals, investigating any that appear unusual as to nature or amount and agreeing to supporting documentation; - For significant and unusual transactions, particularly those occurring at or near year-end, obtaining evidence for the rationale of these transactions and the sources of financial resources supporting the transactions; - Assessed whether the judgements made in accounting estimates were indicative of a potential bias (refer to key audit matters above); - Extending inquiries to individuals outside of Management and the accounting department to corroborate Management’s ability and intent to carry out plans that are relevant to developing the estimate set out in the key audit matters section above; - Reviewing minutes from board meetings of those charged with governance to identify any instances of non- compliance with laws and regulations; and - Directing the auditors of the significant components to ensure an assessment is performed on the extent of the components compliance with the relevant local and regulatory framework.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' Report.
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LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
This report is made solely to the Company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
101 New Cavendish Street
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LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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LONDON BRIDGE HOTELS LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 03163638
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 13 to 26 form part of these financial statements.
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