BESTPLACE LIMITED
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Cash
£345k
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£4.3m
lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
82
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£569k
Period ending 2025-09-28
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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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 2025-09-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-24 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,042,000 | £4,781,000 | £5,649,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £281,000 | £46,000 | -£227,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £8,000 | -£222,000 | -£569,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £13,000 | -£201,000 | -£525,000 | — | |
| Cash | £751,000 | £535,000 | £345,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,244,000 | £845,000 | £2,056,000 | — | |
| Net assets | -£3,590,000 | -£3,791,000 | -£4,306,000 | — | |
| Equity | -£3,590,000 | -£3,791,000 | -£4,306,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 66 | 63 | 82 | — | |
| Wages | £1,420,000 | £1,476,000 | £1,874,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2023-09-24 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 1.0% | -4.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | -4.2% | -9.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.6% | 5.4% | -11.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 160.7% | 170.3% | 154.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.21x | 0.17x | 0.13x | |
| Interest cover | 1.03x | 0.17x | -0.66x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- BESTPLACE LIMITED · parent
- Bestplace (Beta) Limited
Significant events
- “Sales for the 52 weeks to 28 September 2025 have increased because of reopening two additional pubs compared to the prior year.”
- “The macroeconomic environment continues to have an impact on the Company and the cost of living crisis has led to the Company making a loss before tax this year. Despite this, the Directors of the Company remain positive about future performance and expect that acquisitions in the financial year 2025 will drive improved performance.”
- “In order to mitigate cost inflation, beer contracts have been renegotiated in the year and are locked in for three years whilst the wines and spirits contracts are currently being tendered. Where possible any negative cost effects have been mitigated by retail price rises.”
- “During the year the Company issued share capital to the shareholders of Bestplace (Beta) Limited in exchange for the Company acquiring the assets and liabilities of Bestplace (Beta) Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Michelle Pamela | Director | 2021-01-05 | Jul 1978 | British |
| STACKHOUSE, Benjamin Ewald | Director | 2007-03-06 | Feb 1976 | British |
| TURNER, Eve | Director | 2022-05-05 | Dec 1990 | British |
| WILKINSON, Daniel | Director | 2020-04-01 | Dec 1979 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HADDRELL, Brian Albert | Secretary | 2007-03-06 | 2014-11-06 |
| HADDRELL, Linda Ann | Secretary | 2008-02-02 | 2014-11-06 |
| STACKHOUSE, Kathryn | Secretary | 2014-11-06 | 2017-03-31 |
| TOGHER, Loretta | Secretary | 2017-03-31 | 2020-05-29 |
| CKR SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-03-06 | 2007-03-06 |
| AKET, Matthew Stephen | Director | 2021-10-07 | 2024-10-07 |
| BELL, Lucy Jane | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2021-01-05 |
| CROFT, James Edward John | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2020-03-03 |
| SWEETMAN, Oliver | Director | 2020-09-17 | 2022-05-05 |
| WALL, Nathan John | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2020-08-28 |
| CKR DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-03-06 | 2007-03-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Managed Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-31 | Active |
| Mrs Kathryn Stackhouse | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-31 |
| Mr Benjamin Ewald Stackhouse | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-19 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.