BOW STREET GROUP PLC
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Cash
£11m
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£595k
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
663
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£9.3m
Period ending 2025-12-28
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 Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,910,000 | £36,615,000 | £31,338,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£12,310,000 | £17,330,000 | -£8,126,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£14,473,000 | £16,047,000 | -£9,335,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£14,473,000 | £16,047,000 | -£9,335,000 | — | |
| Cash | £4,177,000 | £3,301,000 | £11,055,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,683,000 | £28,226,000 | £26,233,000 | — | |
| Net assets | -£16,510,000 | £312,000 | £595,000 | — | |
| Equity | -£16,510,000 | £312,000 | £595,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 1,036 | 807 | 663 | — | |
| Wages | £18,489,000 | £15,147,000 | £13,146,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £513,000 | £324,000 | £465,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -26.2% | 47.3% | -25.9% | |
| Net margin | -30.9% | 43.8% | -29.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -40.1% | 61.4% | -31.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 138.2% | 99.2% | 98.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.61x | 0.81x | 1.92x | |
| Interest cover | -5.35x | 12.33x | -6.11x |
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 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-09-09
- BOW STREET GROUP PLC 2025-09-09 → present
- TASTY PLC 2006-06-19 → 2025-09-09
- DIM TEA PLC 2006-05-23 → 2006-06-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- BOW STREET GROUP PLC · parent
- Took Us a Long Time Ltd 100%
- The Ventnor Bay Company Ltd 100%
- Ait Group Ltd 100%
- Project Verona Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The Group remains in active discussions with several potential exciting and scalable restaurant brand acquisition targets.”
- “Following the year end two Wildwood and one Dim t restaurants were closed and disposed between January and March 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LASSMAN, Keith | Secretary | 2006-05-23 | — | British |
| DIXON, Wendy Jean | Director | 2022-06-22 | Sep 1973 | Canadian,British |
| LASSMAN, Keith | Director | 2006-06-20 | May 1958 | British |
| PAGE, David Michael | Director | 2025-09-04 | Jun 1952 | British |
| PLAUT, Daniel Jonathan | Director | 2006-05-23 | Jun 1968 | British |
| WONG, Nicholas Chi Wai | Director | 2025-09-04 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUNDY, Timothy | Director | 2016-03-30 | 2018-03-13 |
| FLEET, Julia Margaret | Director | 2007-09-28 | 2008-08-08 |
| KAYE, Adam | Director | 2006-05-23 | 2020-09-15 |
| KAYE, Samuel | Director | 2006-06-20 | 2021-05-14 |
| SAMUELSSON, Harald Alexander | Director | 2021-05-19 | 2024-10-01 |
| VACHHANI, Mayuri Kantilal | Director | 2019-09-26 | 2023-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Wolfe Roseff | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-07-30 | Ceased 2025-09-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-09 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-07-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-07-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-06-06 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-05-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-05-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-30 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2026-03-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-12 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-10 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 7
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.