PIZZAEXPRESS FINANCING 2 PLC
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Cash
£32k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£242m
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£5.8m
Period ending 2023-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£1,896,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,837,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£5,181,000 | — | |
| Cash | £32,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £71,267,000 | — | |
| Net assets | -£242,412,000 | — | |
| Equity | -£242,412,000 | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -2.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | -0.30x |
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
- PIZZAEXPRESS FINANCING 2 PLC 2014-10-13 → present
- TWINKLE PIZZA PLC 2014-07-07 → 2014-10-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors consider the business to continue to meet its obligations as they fall due and remain in business for the foreseeable future, The Company has received confirmation from its ultimate parent company, Wheel Topco Limited in respect of the ability of it and the subsidiaries of the Group to provide financial support as required by the Company to enable it to meet its obligations as they fall due for a period of not less than 15 months from the date of signing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- PIZZAEXPRESS FINANCING 2 PLC · parent
- PizzaExpress Group Limited 100%
- Pizza Express Operations Limited 100%
- Pizza Express Limited 100%
- Bookcash Trading Limited 100%
- PizzaExpress Newco Limited 100%
- PizzaExpress (Restaurants) Limited 100%
- Pizza Express (Wholesale) Limited 100%
- Pizza Express Merchandising Limited 100%
- PizzaExpress (Jersey) Limited 100%
- Agenbite Limited 100%
- PizzaExpress (West) Limited 100%
- PizzaExpress International Holdings Limited 100%
- PizzaExpress UAE Holdings Limited 100%
- Jordana Restaurants LLC 100%
- PizzaExpress (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
- PizzaExpress (Franchises) Limited 100%
- PizzaExpress US Limited 100%
- Roll&Shake Limited 100%
- Hunton House Limited 100%
- Hatch&Roost Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANDHU, Mandeep Kaur | Secretary | 2024-04-06 | — | — |
| ELLIOT, Colin David | Director | 2025-01-13 | Jul 1964 | British |
| MACKENZIE, Paula Jane | Director | 2022-06-06 | Apr 1977 | British |
| SANDHU, Mandeep Kaur | Director | 2021-10-21 | Aug 1976 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Joanne Clare | Secretary | 2021-03-01 | 2024-04-06 |
| PELLINGTON, Andrew David | Secretary | 2015-02-05 | 2021-02-28 |
| YIN, So Wai | Secretary | 2014-07-07 | 2015-02-05 |
| ADAMS, David Alexander Robertson | Director | 2020-08-26 | 2022-07-29 |
| BENNETT, Joanne Clare | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2024-04-06 |
| CAMPBELL, David Lachlan | Director | 2020-11-13 | 2021-10-13 |
| HODGSON, Richard Paul | Director | 2014-09-16 | 2017-05-30 |
| LAFON, Beatrice Madeleine, Valerie, Dr | Director | 2020-08-26 | 2020-11-05 |
| LI, Mo | Director | 2020-08-27 | 2020-11-05 |
| PELLINGTON, Andrew David | Director | 2014-09-16 | 2021-02-28 |
| SHAO, Xiaoxin | Director | 2016-05-05 | 2020-08-27 |
| WANG, Jinlong | Director | 2015-04-30 | 2020-11-05 |
| WANG, Xiaolong | Director | 2014-09-16 | 2016-05-05 |
| YUAN, Bing | Director | 2014-07-07 | 2020-11-05 |
| ZHAO, John Huan | Director | 2014-07-07 | 2015-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-11-05 | Ceased 2024-06-18 |
| Crystal Bright Developments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Shares 25–50% (as firm), Voting 75–100%, Voting 25–50% (as firm), Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-06-07 | Ceased 2016-07-07 |
| Pizzaexpress Financing 1 Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-06-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.