STAY ORIGINAL COMPANY LTD
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Cash
£970k
-19.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.6m
+51.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
245
+2.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£369k
+13.6% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Directors believe the company is a going concern due to current cash position and freehold asset base. Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £671,863, the directors prepared accounts on going concern basis. Ongoing bank/director support (funds of £1.8m owed) enables meeting liabilities for at least 12 months from signing.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,016,778 | £12,374,282 | £12,607,412 | +1.9% | |
| Operating profit | £513,663 | £1,081,375 | £1,094,141 | +1.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£298,287 | £325,348 | £369,455 | +13.6% | |
| Net profit | -£96,396 | £200,080 | £228,918 | +14.4% | |
| Cash | £902,680 | £1,206,055 | £969,880 | -19.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,301,184 | £21,334,076 | £24,796,191 | +16.2% | |
| Net assets | £5,473,122 | £5,716,832 | £8,648,365 | +51.3% | |
| Equity | £5,473,122 | £5,716,832 | £8,648,365 | +51.3% | |
| Average employees | 237 | 238 | 245 | +2.9% | |
| Wages | £4,207,699 | £4,494,958 | £4,750,015 | +5.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £194,635 | £13,650 | £12,000 | -12.1% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 8.7% | 8.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.9% | 1.6% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | 5.1% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.73x | 0.70x | |
| Interest cover | 0.63x | 1.38x | 1.43x |
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
- STAY ORIGINAL COMPANY LTD 2016-09-09 → present
- THE DRACO PUB COMPANY LIMITED 2010-07-29 → 2016-09-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Directors believe the company is a going concern due to current cash position and freehold asset base. Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £671,863, the directors prepared accounts on going concern basis. Ongoing bank/director support (funds of £1.8m owed) enables meeting liabilities for at least 12 months from signing.”
Group structure
- STAY ORIGINAL COMPANY LTD · parent
- Draco Dorchester Limited 100%
- Chapel Barton House Co. Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the company expanded its portfolio through the acquisition of the land and buildings known as the Eastbury Hotel, Sherborne.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKE-WEBB, James | Director | 2010-07-29 | Jul 1968 | British |
| GILL, Patrick Gerard | Director | 2010-08-20 | May 1958 | British |
| GREACEN, Robert Dudley | Director | 2010-07-29 | Apr 1964 | British |
| SCOTT, James Martin | Director | 2019-09-18 | Jun 1959 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draco Property Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-20 | Active |
| Mr Robert Dudley Greacen | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.