The Connaught: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
The Connaught Hotel Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Selene Midco Limited. In the year to December 2025 The Connaught Hotel Limited reported turnover of £75m.
- In the year to December 2025, The Connaught had turnover of £75m, up 2.5% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £4m, keeping £5.23 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 556 people, with staff costs of £24m.
- The Connaught Hotel Limited is controlled by Selene Midco Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from The Connaught Hotel Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 6 October 2026.
- Registered name
- THE CONNAUGHT HOTEL LIMITED
- Company number
- 03669273
- 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 Connaught do?
The Connaught is a luxury hotel on Carlos Place in Mayfair, London, offering rooms and suites, restaurants and bars, a spa and event spaces. It earns its money from overnight stays, dining, drinks and private events. It opened in 1815 as the Prince of Saxe-Coburg Hotel and took the name The Connaught during the First World War. Its restaurants include Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, its spa is run by Aman, and it is part of the Maybourne hotel group.
In brief: luxury hotel · Mayfair · rooms, restaurants and events · Maybourne
Source: The Connaught's own website, retrieved 25 September 2026.
Who owns The Connaught?
The Companies House register records Selene Midco Limited as the person with significant control of The Connaught Hotel Limited, company number 03669273. Selene Midco Limited is itself company number 10998873.
That places The Connaught 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 Connaught?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for The Connaught 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 Connaught file?
The Connaught Hotel Limited reported turnover of £75m in the year to December 2025. That was up 2.5% on £73m the year before.
It reported 556 employees. The year before it reported 571.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £4m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £2m the year before.
Staff costs came to £24m. That is an average of £43,000 a head. It ended the year with £17m at the bank and net assets of £28m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £75m | £73m |
| Pre-tax profit | £4m (filed) | -£2m (filed) |
| Employees | 556 | 571 |
| Staff costs | £24m | £23m |
| Average staff cost per head | £43,000 | £40,000 |
| Bank and cash | £17m | £9m |
| Net assets | £28m | £25m |
| Interest paid | £9m | |
| Interest received | £55k |
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 Connaught?
The Connaught Hotel Limited has registered 20 charges at Companies House, of which 5 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 5 outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Deutsche Pfandbriefbank as Trustee for Each of the Secured Parties (As Defined in the Instrument) | 25 July 2024 |
| 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 Connaught compares
Of the 10 London's luxury hotels, The Connaught is 5th on turnover, 4th on profit margin and 4th 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 |
| 5th | The Connaught | £75m | £5.23 |
| + 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 Connaught files as The Connaught Hotel Limited, whose person with significant control is Selene Midco Limited, with turnover of £75m in its latest filed year.
Questions about The Connaught
What does The Connaught do?
The Connaught is a luxury hotel on Carlos Place in Mayfair, London, offering rooms and suites, restaurants and bars, a spa and event spaces. It earns its money from overnight stays, dining, drinks and private events. It opened in 1815 as the Prince of Saxe-Coburg Hotel and took the name The Connaught during the First World War. Its restaurants include Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, its spa is run by Aman, and it is part of the Maybourne hotel group.
How does The Connaught compare with its rivals?
By turnover, The Connaught is 5th 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 Connaught?
The Companies House register records Selene Midco Limited as the person with significant control of The Connaught Hotel Limited.
How much does The Connaught make?
The Connaught Hotel Limited reported turnover of £75m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £4m.
How many people work at The Connaught?
The Connaught Hotel Limited reported 556 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs The Connaught?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for The Connaught Hotel Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from The Connaught Hotel Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 03669273, 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 Connaught: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/the-connaught/. Figures from Companies House filings for THE CONNAUGHT HOTEL LIMITED (03669273).
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