Raffles London: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Whitehall Hotel Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Sandra Agnes Georgeson. In the year to December 2025 Whitehall Hotel Limited reported turnover of £52m.
- Registered name
- WHITEHALL HOTEL LIMITED
- Company number
- 13811714
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 21 December 2021
- Registered office area
- South West London
- Industry code on the register
- 55100: Accommodation
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 29 April 2026
What does Raffles London do?
Raffles London at The OWO is a luxury hotel in the Old War Office building on Whitehall, London, offering rooms and suites, restaurants and bars, a spa and event spaces. It earns its money from overnight stays, dining, drinks and events. The Edwardian building opened in 1906 as the War Office, where Winston Churchill once worked, and the hotel opened in 2023 after its restoration. It offers butler service and is part of Raffles Hotels & Resorts, owned by Accor.
In brief: luxury hotel · Whitehall · rooms, restaurants and events · Old War Office
Source: Raffles London's own website, retrieved 25 September 2026.
Who owns Raffles London?
The Companies House register records Sandra Agnes Georgeson as the person with significant control of Whitehall Hotel Limited, company number 13811714.
The register names an individual, not a company, as its controller.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Raffles London?
The Companies House register lists 4 current officers for Whitehall Hotel Limited.
All 4 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Dr. Vivek Nanda | 21 December 2021 |
| Abhijit Mukhopadhyay | 21 December 2021 |
| Mr. Abdellah Belhadj Hamlili | 11 July 2023 |
| Mr. Jibin Kuruvila | 3 September 2025 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Raffles London file?
Whitehall Hotel Limited reported turnover of £52m in the year to December 2025. That was up 17.1% on £44m the year before.
It reported 495 employees. The year before it reported 461.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £5m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £2m the year before.
Staff costs came to £22m. That is an average of £45,000 a head. It ended the year with £0.9m at the bank and net assets of -£11m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £52m | £44m |
| Pre-tax profit | £5m (filed) | £2m (filed) |
| Employees | 495 | 461 |
| Staff costs | £22m | £20m |
| Average staff cost per head | £45,000 | £43,000 |
| Bank and cash | £0.9m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | -£11m | -£18m |
| Interest paid | £0.2m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 on Companies House, where every set of accounts the company has filed can be downloaded as a PDF.
Are there any charges against Raffles London?
Whitehall Hotel Limited has registered 1 charge at Companies House, of which 1 is still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
The outstanding charge
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Cbre Loan Services Limited as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties | 2 July 2024 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
Raffles London files as Whitehall Hotel Limited, whose person with significant control is Sandra Agnes Georgeson, with turnover of £52m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Raffles London
What does Raffles London do?
Raffles London at The OWO is a luxury hotel in the Old War Office building on Whitehall, London, offering rooms and suites, restaurants and bars, a spa and event spaces. It earns its money from overnight stays, dining, drinks and events. The Edwardian building opened in 1906 as the War Office, where Winston Churchill once worked, and the hotel opened in 2023 after its restoration. It offers butler service and is part of Raffles Hotels & Resorts, owned by Accor.
Who owns Raffles London?
The Companies House register records Sandra Agnes Georgeson as the person with significant control of Whitehall Hotel Limited.
How much does Raffles London make?
Whitehall Hotel Limited reported turnover of £52m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £5m.
How many people work at Raffles London?
Whitehall Hotel Limited reported 495 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Raffles London?
The Companies House register lists 4 current officers for Whitehall Hotel Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Whitehall Hotel Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 13811714, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Raffles London: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 28 September 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/raffles-london/. Figures from Companies House filings for WHITEHALL HOTEL LIMITED (13811714).
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