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ESJ RESTAURANTS LIMITED

#SC391087 · Active · Incorporated 2011-01-06 (15y 9m) · Last filing 2026-10-07 (this month)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 56102 · I Accommodation & Food Service Activities · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-01-04 (in 2 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£4.4m

+14.1% vs 2024

Net assets

£11m

+4.3% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

1,370

-2.5% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£1.1m

-54.2% first positive since 2022

Accounts

6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £23,558,904£39,874,984£42,320,483£54,423,668£52,921,706£52,738,203 -0.3%
Operating profit £993,841£4,312,243-£23,010£1,541,123£2,345,049£950,698 -59.5%
Profit before tax £993,841£4,313,100-£18,292£1,522,079£2,391,943£1,096,492 -54.2%
Net profit £725,667£3,361,324-£27,069£796,595£1,690,505£740,639 -56.2%
Cash £2,669,557£3,786,541£5,122,596£4,084,368£3,885,901£4,434,561 +14.1%
Total assets less current liabilities £4,855,695£8,332,192£8,353,777£9,574,105£11,064,847£11,490,994 +3.9%
Net assets £4,713,456£7,994,780£7,887,711£8,604,606£10,146,111£10,586,750 +4.3%
Equity £4,713,456—£7,887,711£8,604,606£10,146,111£10,586,750 +4.3%
Average employees 9211,0041,0721,2861,4051,370 -2.5%
Wages £7,793,517£9,752,871£11,431,356£14,262,523£14,837,794£14,887,473 +0.3%
Directors' remuneration £16,000£15,920£18,667£20,000£20,000£20,000 0%
Directors' pension contributions ———£148,144£240,000£120,000 -50%

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 2020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 4.2%10.8%-0.1%2.8%4.4%1.8%
Net margin 3.1%8.4%-0.1%1.5%3.2%1.4%
Return on capital employed 20.5%51.8%-0.3%16.1%21.2%8.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 20.6%-8.1%20.5%36.9%33.8%36.0%
Current ratio ———1.12x1.74x1.74x
Interest cover ———78.76x——

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 have considered the application of the going concern basis of accounting, and, in doing so they have considered the period from the date of this report until 31 December 2027. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 1 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
JARDINE, Alison Director 2018-07-05 Jan 1968 British
JARDINE, Elliot Scott Director 2011-01-06 Nov 1965 British
Show 1 resigned officer
Name Role Appointed Resigned
JARDINE, Alison Director 2017-05-12 2018-07-05

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Elliot Scott Jardine Individual Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 50 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2021-07-30 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2021-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-10-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-01-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-01-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-01-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-12-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-01-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-12-02 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2021-12-02 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2021-09-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2021-07-30 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2021-07-29 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2021-01-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-12-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2020-02-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-12-02 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2019-08-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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