OAXACA LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7m
+39.8% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2.2m
-1,700% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
605
-13.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.9m
-505.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-25 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,718,000 | £40,480,000 | £37,191,000 | -8.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,064,000 | £1,419,000 | -£2,135,000 | -250.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£720,000 | £725,000 | -£2,943,000 | -505.9% | |
| Net profit | -£731,000 | £314,000 | -£2,074,000 | -760.5% | |
| Cash | £10,681,000 | £1,210,000 | £1,691,000 | +39.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,831,000 | £7,344,000 | £7,840,000 | +6.8% | |
| Net assets | -£459,000 | -£122,000 | -£2,196,000 | -1,700% | |
| Equity | -£459,000 | -£122,000 | -£2,196,000 | -1,700% | |
| Average employees | 693 | 701 | 605 | -13.7% | |
| Wages | £14,899,000 | £15,664,000 | £15,256,000 | -2.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £785,000 | £367,000 | £383,000 | +4.4% |
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 | 2023-06-25 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 3.5% | -5.7% | |
| Net margin | -1.8% | 0.8% | -5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.7% | 19.3% | -27.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 102.0% | 101.0% | 115.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 0.65x | 0.62x | |
| Interest cover | 1.40x | 1.53x | -25.42x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Wellers Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the relevant risks and uncertainties and have a reasonable expectation that the Group and the Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- OAXACA LIMITED · parent
- DF Mexico Limited 100%
- Wahaca Restaurants Limited 100%
- Wahaca Limited 100%
- Wahaca Grocery Limited 50%
Significant events
- “closure of the DF brand in February 2025, under which the Group operated 2 restaurants and 3 food hall concessions.”
- “Restructuring costs relate to restructuring and ongoing costs relating to sites under the DF brand which was closed within the period, ongoing costs relating to sites which were permanently closed as a consequence of the Group's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and one-off costs associated with a brand redefinition project whereby we re-trained all staff and replaced menus, crockery and uniforms.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLASSON, Gemma Claire | Director | 2021-03-15 | Feb 1986 | Australian |
| SELBY, Mark | Director | 2006-06-05 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-06-05 | 2006-06-05 |
| WILLIAMS, Thomasina Jean | Director | 2006-06-05 | 2022-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Leslie Perlman | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2020-11-04 | Active |
| Mr Mark James Maclaren Selby | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-10-17 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.