CHOPSTIX GROUP LTD
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Cash
£7.4M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£9.4M
highest in 5 filed years
Employees
1,125
highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.6M
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-04-24 | 2023-04-23 | 2024-04-28 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £64,521,932 | £48,308,192 | £75,037,946 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,342,296 | £13,955 | £3,008,789 | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £281,149 | -£808,558 | £2,562,401 | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | £79,680 | -£963,098 | £1,074,888 | — | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,223,379 | £9,999,871 | £7,402,848 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £16,010,298 | £9,384,871 | £13,765,480 | — | |
| Net assets | £3,640 | £3,640 | £6,828,002 | £8,329,997 | £9,397,096 | — | |
| Equity | £3,640 | £3,640 | £6,828,002 | £8,329,997 | £9,397,096 | — | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 1,115 | 1,014 | 1,125 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | £19,235,458 | £13,574,248 | £21,903,089 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £133,333 | £200,000 | — |
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 8 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-04-24 | 2023-04-23 | 2024-04-28 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 2.1% | 0.0% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 0.1% | -2.0% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 8.4% | 0.1% | 21.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 78.1% | 74.9% | 68.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.06x | 0.79x | 0.90x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 1.26x | 0.02x | 5.74x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above the directors consider the Group as a Going Concern with no material uncertainty.”
Group structure
- CHOPSTIX GROUP LTD · parent
- Chopstix Restaurant Limited 100%
- Chopstix Trading Limited 100%
- Chopstix Brand (Europe) Limited 100%
- Chopstix Stores Limited 100%
- Chopstix Roadside Limited 100%
- Wok Chop Limited 100%
- Chopstix Arndale Limited 100%
- Bridgend Centre Investments Limited 100%
- Chopstix Bull Street 100%
- Antrim Centre Investment Limited 100%
- Chopstix Cambridge Limited 100%
- Chapelfield Investment Limited 100%
- Chopstix Manchester Limited 100%
- Chopstix Wrexham Limited 100%
- Chopstix Coventry Limited 100%
- Chopstix Glasgow Limited 100%
- East Midlands Centre Investments Limited 100%
- Livingstone Centre Investments Limited 100%
- Chopstix Lord St Limited 100%
- Overgate Catering Limited 100%
- Chopstix Peterborough Limited 100%
- Chopstix Canary Wharf Limited 100%
- Chopstix Swindon Limited 100%
- Chopstix Skelton Lake Limited 100%
- Chopstix (Waverley) Limited 100%
- Thurloe Street Limited 100%
- Chopstix Reading Limited 100%
- Chopstix Southampton Limited 100%
- Chopstix Baldock Limited 100%
- Chopstix Blackburn Limited 100%
- Chopstix Braehead Limited 100%
- Chopstix Brent Cross Limited 100%
- Chopstix Cardiff Limited 100%
- Chopstix Canterbury Limited 100%
- Chopstix Colchester Limited 100%
- Chopstix Croydon Limited 100%
- Chopstix Exeter Limited 100%
- Chopstix Gyle Centre Limited 100%
- Chopstix Livingston Limited 100%
- Chopstix Lewisham Limited 100%
- Chopstix Luton Limited 100%
- Chopstix Middlebrook Limited 100%
- Chopstix Noodle Bar Leicester Limited 100%
- Chopstix Norwich GW Limited 100%
- Chopstix Nottingham Limited 100%
- Chopstix Sauchiehall Street Limited 100%
- Chopstix Stratford Limited 100%
- Chopstix Swansea Limited 100%
- Chopstix Trafford Limited 100%
- Grampian Property Investment Limited 100%
- Chozen Holdings Limited 100%
- Chozen Limited 100%
- Chozen Noodle Trading Limited 100%
- Chopstix Basingstoke Limited 100%
- Chopstix Victoria Limited 100%
- Chopstix Bristol Broadmead Limited 100%
- Chopstix Basildon Limited 100%
- Chopstix 02 Limited 100%
- Chopstix Peterborough High Street Limited 100%
- Chopstix France SAS 100%
- Chopstix Restaurant 1 SAS 100%
Significant events
- “Effective 1 October 2025, a restructuring took place whereby the business activities of Chopstix Trading, Chopstix Stores, and Wok Chop were hived up into Chopstix Restaurant. The 2025 financial year saw 21 new store openings and 8 closures, resulting in a final store count of 169 as at 31 December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARLIER, Alexander | Director | 2024-09-30 | Jun 1987 | Belgian |
| DERYCKE, Kevin Louis | Director | 2026-04-01 | Oct 1981 | Belgian |
| ELIA, Bassam | Director | 2017-03-31 | Nov 1965 | British |
| SADIK, Menashe | Director | 2017-03-31 | Nov 1971 | British |
| VLIEGEN, Ivo | Director | 2024-09-30 | Nov 1963 | Belgian |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREDA, Alessandro | Director | 2024-09-30 | 2026-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qsrp Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-30 | Active |
| Mr Bassam Elia | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-03-31 | Ceased 2024-09-30 |
| Mr Menashe Sadik | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-03-31 | Ceased 2024-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-05-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-24 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-10-22 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-10-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-10-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.