EAT REAL LTD
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Cash
£13k
-81.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£36m
-23.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
318
+2.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£6.7m
-1% 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 Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,570,000 | £22,126,000 | £17,910,000 | -19.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,948,000 | -£6,630,000 | -£6,692,000 | -0.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£6,630,000 | -£6,697,000 | -1% | |
| Net profit | -£2,948,000 | -£6,630,000 | -£6,697,000 | -1% | |
| Cash | £63,000 | £70,000 | £13,000 | -81.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£22,226,000 | -£28,856,000 | -£35,553,000 | -23.2% | |
| Net assets | -£22,226,000 | -£28,856,000 | -£35,553,000 | -23.2% | |
| Equity | -£22,226,000 | -£28,856,000 | -£35,553,000 | -23.2% | |
| Average employees | 290 | 311 | 318 | +2.3% | |
| Wages | £9,229,000 | £11,054,000 | £11,027,000 | -0.2% | |
| 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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.7% | -30.0% | -37.4% | |
| Net margin | -10.7% | -30.0% | -37.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 123.0% | 126.5% | 130.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.35x | 0.43x | 0.48x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore consider it appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- EAT REAL LTD · parent
- Eat Real Co 2 Ltd 100%
- Eat Real USA LLC 100%
- Lakshmi & Son's Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRITTAIN, Alexander Shoji | Director | 2024-05-08 | Aug 1980 | British |
| HALAI, Ketan | Director | 2023-10-12 | Feb 1979 | British |
| STAVROU, Cassandra | Director | 2023-06-01 | Jan 1984 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARMAR, Umesh Purshottam | Director | 2020-08-14 | 2021-02-26 |
| PATEL, Priyesh Dineshbhai | Director | 2020-08-14 | 2021-05-06 |
| PHILLIPS, James William | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2023-06-01 |
| SCHULZE-MELANDER, Christoph Wolfgang | Director | 2021-02-26 | 2023-10-24 |
| WILKINSON, Richard John | Director | 2021-04-13 | 2021-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proper Snacks Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-02-26 | Active |
| Lakshmi & Son's Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-08-14 | Ceased 2021-02-26 |
| Mr Priyesh Dineshbhai Patel | Individual | Appoints directors | 2020-08-14 | Ceased 2020-08-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-07-01 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2022-06-21 | 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.