NIGHTCAP LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9k
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.5k
Equity attributable
Employees
960
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£4.4k
Period ending 2025-09-28
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-06.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw attention to note 2.2 in the financial statements, which indicates that the Group's longer-term refinancing has not yet completed and, consequently, there is uncertainty over the future financing.
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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 2025-09-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-02 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,414,000 | £72,743 | £58,116 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£2,812,000 | -£7,372 | -£631 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,863,000 | -£11,990 | -£4,370 | — | |
| Net profit | -£3,932,000 | -£11,318 | -£2,037 | — | |
| Cash | £5,017,000 | £2,437 | £1,857 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £62,684,000 | £54,926 | £50,231 | — | |
| Net assets | £14,520,000 | £6,352 | £7,542 | — | |
| Equity | £14,520,000 | £6,352 | £7,542 | — | |
| Average employees | 754 | 1,007 | 960 | — | |
| Wages | £15,798,000 | £25,329 | £19,464 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £588 | £544 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £40,000 | — | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | £286 | £286 | — |
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 15 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-07-02 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.1% | -10.1% | -1.1% | |
| Net margin | -8.5% | -15.6% | -3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.5% | -13.4% | -1.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.8% | 92.4% | 90.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.55x | 0.21x | 0.23x | |
| Interest cover | -1.37x | -1.60x | -0.17x |
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
- NIGHTCAP LIMITED 2024-07-26 → present
- NIGHTCAP PLC 2020-09-23 → 2024-07-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to note 2.2 in the financial statements, which indicates that the Group's longer-term refinancing has not yet completed and, consequently, there is uncertainty over the future financing.”
Group structure
- NIGHTCAP LIMITED · parent
- London Cocktail Club Limited 100%
- +Venture Battersea Limited 100%
- Adventure Bars Mid Limited 100%
- Adventure Bars Luna Digbeth Limited 100%
- Barrio Familia Limited 100%
- DMN Bars Limited 100%
- Stamp Entertainment Limited 100%
- Nightcap i360 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 4 February 2025, the Group acquired the trade and assets of the Brighton i360 tower for a total consideration of £0.2m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Gareth Maitland | Director | 2021-01-13 | Mar 1958 | British |
| MOIR, Lance Stuart | Director | 2021-01-13 | Jan 1957 | British |
| WILLINGHAM-TOXVAERD, Michael | Director | 2020-09-23 | Nov 1974 | Danish |
| WILLINGHAM-TOXVAERD, Sarah Louise | Director | 2020-09-23 | Dec 1973 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALEY, Richard | Secretary | 2023-12-12 | 2024-06-28 |
| ROLPH, Toby John | Secretary | 2020-12-04 | 2023-11-30 |
| WILLINGHAM-TOXVAERD, Michael | Secretary | 2024-06-28 | 2024-08-07 |
| WILLINGHAM-TOXVAERD, Michael | Secretary | 2020-09-23 | 2020-12-04 |
| JELF, Thi Hanh | Director | 2021-01-13 | 2024-07-31 |
| ROLPH, Toby John | Director | 2021-01-13 | 2023-11-30 |
| VAN DER MEER, Tobias Adriaan | Director | 2021-01-13 | 2024-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Sarah Louise Willingham-Toxvaerd | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-09-23 | Ceased 2021-01-13 |
| Michael Willingham-Toxvaerd | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-09-23 | Ceased 2021-01-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 81 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-03-14 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-22 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 7
- 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.