SLUG AND LETTUCE COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£82k
-4.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£17m
-19.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
849
+4.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£4.3m
+88.4% vs 2024
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 | £47,438,000 | £48,288,000 | £51,275,000 | +6.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,478,000 | -£32,230,000 | £314,000 | +101% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,129,000 | -£37,303,000 | -£4,328,000 | +88.4% | |
| Net profit | -£4,496,000 | -£37,909,000 | -£2,885,000 | +92.4% | |
| Cash | £74,000 | £86,000 | £82,000 | -4.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £62,000,000 | £20,159,000 | £17,314,000 | -14.1% | |
| Net assets | £23,415,000 | -£14,494,000 | -£17,379,000 | -19.9% | |
| Equity | £23,415,000 | -£14,494,000 | -£17,379,000 | -19.9% | |
| Average employees | 849 | 813 | 849 | +4.4% | |
| Wages | £12,146,000 | £13,091,000 | £13,021,000 | -0.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £39,000 | £41,000 | £54,000 | +31.7% |
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 | 2023-09-24 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | -66.7% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | -9.5% | -78.5% | -5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | -159.9% | 1.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 0.54x | 0.47x | |
| Interest cover | 0.32x | -6.35x | 0.07x |
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").”
Significant events
- “During the period, five sites were transferred from a company (2024: one site transferred to a company) within the Group... The Company disposed of two sites outside of the Group (2024: nil sites).”
- “The directors identified that five sites have historically been allocated to the incorrect statutory entity within the Stonegate Group in the prior periods based on the signatory to the lease. The directors have concluded that the impact on the prior year financial statements is not material and have therefore not restated comparatives. As a result the impact has been corrected through the current year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCDOWALL, David | Director | 2023-02-24 | Sep 1978 | British |
| ROSS, David Andrew | Director | 2014-05-16 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-06-27 | 2008-03-26 |
| FORVIS MAZARS COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-05-15 | 2024-09-16 |
| SNR DENTON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-03-26 | 2008-04-25 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1920-06-27 | 2007-06-27 |
| BAKER, Suzanne Louise | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2024-03-14 |
| KEEN, Christian | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2012-01-13 |
| LONGBOTTOM, Simon David | Director | 2015-01-31 | 2023-02-24 |
| PAYNE, Ian Timothy | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2010-12-01 |
| SMITH, Toby Coultas | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2014-09-26 |
| SYMONDS, Paul | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2010-02-28 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1920-06-27 | 2007-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Restaurant Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 225 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-27 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-08-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.