GASTRONOMY RESTAURANTS LIMITED
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Cash
£343K
+702.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£1.6M
-48.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
1,202
-5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2.8M
+2,879.2% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-24
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-24 | 2022-12-24 | 2023-12-24 | 2024-12-24 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £50,571,345 | £50,078,000 | £56,507,000 | £61,365,046 | +8.6% | |
| Operating profit | £7,358,553 | £482,000 | £399,000 | £3,370,000 | +744.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,244,850 | £201,488 | £92,594 | £2,758,537 | +2,879.2% | |
| Net profit | £6,121,393 | £163,205 | -£329,957 | £2,737,000 | +929.5% | |
| Cash | £2,995,023 | £42,753 | £42,752 | £343,096 | +702.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,623,896 | £7,850,512 | £4,273,617 | £2,483,451 | -41.9% | |
| Net assets | £11,049,873 | £4,915,100 | £3,085,477 | £1,599,964 | -48.1% | |
| Equity | £11,049,873 | £4,915,100 | £3,085,477 | £1,599,964 | -48.1% | |
| Average employees | 1,171 | 1,284 | 1,265 | 1,202 | -5% | |
| Wages | £12,354,602 | £13,044,164 | £14,875,455 | £16,518,288 | +11% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £11,942 | £11,942 | £11,500 | -3.7% |
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 | 2021-12-24 | 2022-12-24 | 2023-12-24 | 2024-12-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.6% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 5.5% | |
| Net margin | 12.1% | 0.3% | -0.6% | 4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 58.3% | 6.1% | 9.3% | 135.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 83.8% | 89.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.48x | 0.34x | |
| Interest cover | 64.72x | 1.72x | 1.30x | 5.51x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hammond McNulty LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHAN, Akram | Director | 2017-11-20 | Jul 1968 | British |
| KHAN, Parvaiz | Director | 2017-11-20 | Mar 1967 | British |
| MUHAMMAD, Saeed | Director | 2018-08-06 | Nov 1978 | British |
| SMITH, Russel Dewar | Director | 2017-11-20 | Feb 1966 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DREW, Christopher Alexander | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2017-11-20 |
| HOLMES, Christopher Robert | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2017-11-20 |
| NELSON-SMITH, Sarah | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2017-11-20 |
| SUBASHKARAN, Thamboo | Director | 2017-11-20 | 2022-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars (Gfuk) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-11-20 | Active |
| Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-28 | Ceased 2017-11-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 43 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2020-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change 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.