CAFFE CONCERTO LIMITED
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Cash
£2.4m
-54.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£15m
+2.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
617
+13.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.4m
-50.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,077,757 | £42,470,423 | £41,941,269 | -1.2% | |
| Operating profit | £5,203,834 | £4,952,459 | £2,403,539 | -51.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,424,895 | £4,822,626 | £2,380,481 | -50.6% | |
| Net profit | £4,280,106 | £3,905,221 | £2,032,519 | -48% | |
| Cash | £4,148,728 | £5,235,727 | £2,374,523 | -54.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,849,838 | £14,884,739 | £15,410,707 | +3.5% | |
| Net assets | £10,545,809 | £14,451,030 | £14,820,049 | +2.6% | |
| Equity | £10,545,809 | £14,451,030 | £14,820,049 | +2.6% | |
| Average employees | 497 | 544 | 617 | +13.4% | |
| Wages | £11,354,975 | £12,494,121 | £14,605,774 | +16.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £100,000 | £162,455 | £221,207 | +36.2% |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.7% | 11.7% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 10.4% | 9.2% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 48.0% | 33.3% | 15.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.3% | 48.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.57x | 1.77x | 1.71x | |
| Interest cover | — | 22.27x | 12.69x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 7 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-09-25
- CAFFE CONCERTO LIMITED 2024-09-25 → present
- IMPERIAL INVEST AND TRADE LTD 2023-10-19 → 2024-09-25
- CAFFE CONCERTO LIMITED 2011-08-25 → 2023-10-19
- KINGS ROAD BRASSERIE LIMITED 2010-04-17 → 2011-08-25
- BLUSHES SW3 LIMITED 2004-12-15 → 2010-04-17
- LYNNTHORPE ENTERPRISES LIMITED 1986-04-10 → 2004-12-15
- RAPID 1042 LIMITED 1986-03-03 → 1986-04-10
- RAPID 1042 LIMITED 1986-03-03 → 1986-04-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MP Global Group Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these forecasts and the directors' review of the group's financial resources, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CAFFE CONCERTO LIMITED · parent
- Caffe Concerto PAYE Ltd 100%
- Al-Masarat Al-Arabiya for Investment LLC 100%
- Grand Central Cafe (Birmingham) Limited 100%
- Trades and Investments Ltd 100%
- Caffe Concerto Louvre Paris Ltd 100%
- Concerto South Molton Ltd 100%
- Caffe Concerto Marble Arch (London) Ltd 100%
- Caffe Concerto Covent Garden Ltd 100%
- Caffe Concerto Leeds Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL-HAJJAR, Maher Ahmad | Director | 2009-11-11 | Apr 1983 | British |
| BORJAK, Mohamad Mustapha | Director | 2024-11-17 | Feb 1970 | Dutch |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORJAK, Mohamad | Secretary | 2011-03-01 | 2020-11-30 |
| LYNN, Stephen William | Secretary | — | 2009-10-05 |
| BORJAK, Mohamad | Director | 2023-08-22 | 2023-09-21 |
| BORJAK, Mohamad | Director | 2009-10-05 | 2009-11-11 |
| BORJAK, Mohammad | Director | 2012-03-20 | 2020-11-30 |
| CHAHINE, Mohamad | Director | 2020-12-02 | 2022-12-15 |
| LYNN, Stephen William | Director | — | 2009-10-05 |
| LYNN, Tracy Soo Chin | Director | 2003-10-31 | 2009-10-05 |
| THORPE, Geoffrey | Director | — | 2003-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mohamad Mustapha Borjak | Individual | Voting 75–100% | 2024-11-17 | Active |
| Mr Maher Ahmad Al-Hajjar | Individual | Appoints directors | 2023-09-21 | Ceased 2024-11-17 |
| Mr Mohammad Borjak | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-02-22 | Ceased 2023-09-21 |
| Mr Maher Ahmad Al-Hajjar | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2021-01-28 | Ceased 2023-02-22 |
| Mr Mohamad Chahine | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as firm) | 2020-09-01 | Ceased 2021-01-28 |
| Mr Mohammad Borjak | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-25 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-09-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-19 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-10-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
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.