The Berkeley: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
The Berkeley Hotel Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Selene Midco Limited. In the year to December 2025 The Berkeley Hotel Limited reported turnover of £61m.
- In the year to December 2025, The Berkeley had turnover of £61m, up 0.4% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £13m, losing £21.97 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 440 people, with staff costs of £19m.
- The Berkeley Hotel Limited is controlled by Selene Midco Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from The Berkeley Hotel Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 6 October 2026.
- Registered name
- THE BERKELEY HOTEL LIMITED
- Company number
- 03669260
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 12 November 1998
- 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 6 October 2026
What does The Berkeley do?
The Berkeley is a luxury hotel on Wilton Place in Knightsbridge, London, offering rooms and suites, restaurants and bars, a rooftop pool and event spaces. It earns its money from overnight stays, dining, drinks and events. It traces its roots to an 18th-century coffee house on Piccadilly, took the name The Berkeley in 1897 and moved to Knightsbridge in 1972. It sits between Belgravia and Hyde Park and is part of the Maybourne hotel group.
In brief: luxury hotel · Knightsbridge · rooms, restaurants and events · Maybourne
Source: The Berkeley's own website, retrieved 25 September 2026.
Who owns The Berkeley?
The Companies House register records Selene Midco Limited as the person with significant control of The Berkeley Hotel Limited, company number 03669260. Selene Midco Limited is itself company number 10998873.
That places The Berkeley Hotel Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
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 The Berkeley?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for The Berkeley Hotel Limited.
All 2 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Fady Bakhos | 29 February 2016 |
| Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al-Thani | 31 May 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did The Berkeley file?
The Berkeley Hotel Limited reported turnover of £61m in the year to December 2025. That was up 0.4% on £61m the year before.
It reported 440 employees. The year before it reported 455.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £13m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £13m the year before.
Staff costs came to £19m. That is an average of £43,000 a head. It ended the year with £27m at the bank and net liabilities of £24m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £61m | £61m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£13m (filed) | -£13m (filed) |
| Employees | 440 | 455 |
| Staff costs | £19m | £19m |
| Average staff cost per head | £43,000 | £42,000 |
| Bank and cash | £27m | £20m |
| Net assets | -£24m | -£14m |
| Interest paid | £21m | |
| Interest received | £0.4m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against The Berkeley?
The Berkeley Hotel Limited has registered 18 charges at Companies House, of which 4 are 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.
All 4 outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Deutsche Pfandbriefbank Ag as Security Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties on the Terms and Conditions Set Out in the Amended and Restated Facility Agreement (As Defined in the Instrument). | 16 November 2023 |
| Deutsche Pfandbriefbank Ag as Security Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties on the Terms and Conditions Set Out in the Amended and Restated Facility Agreement (As Defined in the Instrument). | 16 November 2023 |
| Deutsche Pfandbriefbank Ag | 1 April 2020 |
| Deutsche Pfandbriefbank Ag | 1 April 2020 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How The Berkeley compares
Of the 10 London's luxury hotels, The Berkeley is 6th on turnover, 8th on profit margin and 7th on growth. Chiltern Firehouse keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £45.73.
| Rank | London's luxury hotels | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Claridge's | £138m | −£5.54 |
| 6th | The Berkeley | £61m | −£21.97 |
| + 8 more London's luxury hotels ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
The Berkeley files as The Berkeley Hotel Limited, whose person with significant control is Selene Midco Limited, with turnover of £61m in its latest filed year.
Questions about The Berkeley
What does The Berkeley do?
The Berkeley is a luxury hotel on Wilton Place in Knightsbridge, London, offering rooms and suites, restaurants and bars, a rooftop pool and event spaces. It earns its money from overnight stays, dining, drinks and events. It traces its roots to an 18th-century coffee house on Piccadilly, took the name The Berkeley in 1897 and moved to Knightsbridge in 1972. It sits between Belgravia and Hyde Park and is part of the Maybourne hotel group.
How does The Berkeley compare with its rivals?
By turnover, The Berkeley is 6th of the 10 companies in our battle of London's luxury hotels, behind Claridge's. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of London's luxury hotels →
Who owns The Berkeley?
The Companies House register records Selene Midco Limited as the person with significant control of The Berkeley Hotel Limited.
How much does The Berkeley make?
The Berkeley Hotel Limited reported turnover of £61m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £13m.
How many people work at The Berkeley?
The Berkeley Hotel Limited reported 440 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs The Berkeley?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for The Berkeley Hotel Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from The Berkeley Hotel Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 03669260, 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, “The Berkeley: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/the-berkeley/. Figures from Companies House filings for THE BERKELEY HOTEL LIMITED (03669260).
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