BANANA TREE RESTAURANTS LIMITED
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Cash
£0
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£2.3m
-417.9% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£2.8m
-20.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-26
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-10-29 | 2024-10-27 | 2025-10-26 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,983,034 | £13,551,895 | £20,422,000 | £24,344,000 | £26,734,000 | +9.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,167,396 | £1,530,890 | -£186,000 | -£2,307,000 | -£2,774,000 | -20.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,152,171 | £1,508,599 | -£182,000 | -£2,299,000 | -£2,774,000 | -20.7% | |
| Net profit | £953,023 | £1,139,791 | -£172,000 | -£2,567,000 | -£2,963,000 | -15.4% | |
| Cash | £2,518,012 | £3,400,322 | £556,000 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,727,796 | £4,376,724 | £3,458,000 | £1,175,000 | -£1,473,000 | -225.4% | |
| Net assets | £2,683,995 | £3,488,205 | £3,276,000 | £709,000 | -£2,254,000 | -417.9% | |
| Equity | £2,683,995 | £3,488,205 | £3,276,000 | £709,000 | -£2,254,000 | -417.9% | |
| Average employees | 186 | 220 | 247 | 448 | — | — | |
| Wages | £3,503,317 | £4,151,630 | £6,824,000 | £5,907,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £80,000 | £121,502 | £223,000 | £171,000 | — | — |
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 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-10-29 | 2024-10-27 | 2025-10-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.6% | 11.3% | -0.9% | -9.5% | -10.4% | |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 8.4% | -0.8% | -10.5% | -11.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.3% | 35.0% | -5.4% | -196.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.46x | 0.15x | 0.11x | |
| Interest cover | 75.31x | 67.04x | -37.20x | — | — |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BANANA TREE RESTAURANTS LIMITED 2002-05-21 → present
- BANANA LEAF CANTEEN LTD. 1999-12-13 → 2002-05-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they have adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year we opened our flagship site in Cardiff and at the end of the year made the decision to close our Westbourne Park site.”
- “Loss before tax was £2.8m (2024: £2.3m) and includes fixed asset impairments at 3 sites (2024: no sites) totalling £0.7m (2024: £Nil), and an onerous lease provision movement at 1 sites (2024: no sites) totalling £0.1m (2024: £Nil).”
- “Key decisions during the period included review of the group portfolio and identifying opportunities to assign leases from other companies within the group for Banana Tree conversions, as well as the decision to proceed with a lease at Cardiff for a new site opening in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRLAND, Lisa | Director | 2025-05-21 | Aug 1974 | Australian |
| MORGAN, Alan | Director | 2022-09-27 | Jul 1977 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOW, Anne | Secretary | 1999-12-13 | 2022-09-27 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-12-13 | 1999-12-13 |
| CHOW, Anne | Director | 1999-12-13 | 2024-02-12 |
| CHOW, Donald Kah Howe | Director | 2008-11-01 | 2010-02-28 |
| CHOW, William Kah Onn | Director | 1999-12-13 | 2022-09-27 |
| RAMAKRISHNAN, Karthik Thanjavur | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-27 |
| WALKER, Adrian Rowland | Director | 2022-09-27 | 2025-05-21 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-12-13 | 1999-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Big Table Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-09-27 | Active |
| Anne Chow | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-27 |
| Mr William Kah Onn Chow | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-14 | 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.