Companies House
Coverage highlights how public filings and records from the UK’s official corporate registry provide visibility into the financial performance, ownership changes, insolvencies, and directorship movements of restaurants, pub companies, and catering groups. Reporting includes analysis of annual accounts, company status updates, and legal notices — offering operators, suppliers, and investors valuable intelligence on competitor health, new entrants, and structural risk within the sector.
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May- 2021 -27 MayPubs and Bars
Oakman Group swings to £13.9m loss in FY20
The Oakman Group announced that it operated over a total loss of £13.9m for the year ended 30 June 2020 in a preliminary statement of the group’s annual accounts. The pub group also saw an EBITDA loss for the period of £2.6m as its “performance in the year was severely…
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Apr- 2020 -21 AprilCoronavirus
Companies House suspends strike-offs amid Covid-19 crisis
Companies House has announced it has temporarily paused its strike off process to prevent companies being dissolved amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The government announced changes to Companies House enforcement last week (16 April), which gives businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak the time they need to update their records and…
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Mar- 2020 -6 MarchRestaurants
Cote restaurants sees profits rise to £5.5m
Cote restaurants has seen its profits for the year increase to £5.5m up from £4.6m the year prior. According to the latest figures filed with Companies House, the casual dining group also reported a 7% increase in revenues to £156.6m in the year ending 26 July 2019, compared with £146.3m…
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Feb- 2020 -28 FebruaryRestaurants
Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck profits rise to £750,000
Heston Blumethal’s Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, has seen its profits more than double, according to its latest documents filed with Companies House. For the full-year period ending 26 May 2019, the restaurant posted profits before tax of £746,741, up from £297,788 the year prior. Turnover during the period…
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Jan- 2020 -13 JanuaryRestaurants
Meat Liquor reports increase in profits
Meatailer, the parent company of restaurant chain Meat Liquor, has reported an increase in profit after taxation to £239,000, up from £75,000 in 2018. Revenues also increased from £14.7m in 2018 to £14.9m during its financial year to 30 June 2019, according to documents filed with Companies House. The group…
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Nov- 2019 -15 NovemberBusiness
Chilango in restructuring talks
Mexican fast-food chain Chilango has announced it is restructuring talks with accountancy firm RSM, which has been drafted in to discuss “options” for the business. RSM said Chilango has “engaged” the firm to assist on working on long-term planning, options and strategy, and a spokesperson added: “All further enquiries should…
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Oct- 2019 -10 OctoberCafes and Coffee Shops
Pret A Manger turnover hits £710m in 2018
Sandwich shop chain Pret A Manger saw turnover increase to £710m for its UK business in 2018. The group said its UK business has a “good performance” despite the “challenging market of political uncertainty”, and significant increases in business rates. However, according to reports filed with Companies House the sandwich…
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May- 2019 -29 MayBusiness
UK’s top restaurant groups lost £82m in the last year
The UK’s top 100 restaurants made an £82m loss in the last year, down from a pre-tax profit of £102m 12 months ago, research by accounting firm UHY Hacker has found. Furthermore, pre-tax profits at the UK’s top 100 restaurant groups have fallen from £345m since the first quarter of…
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Dec- 2018 -21 DecemberGovernment
Chinese restaurant owner’s £1m tax fraud goes to pot
A Chinese restaurant owner, who stole more than £1m in tax by claiming his business “made pottery” and had a “tiny turnover”, has been jailed for three years. Chin Seong Lam, 60, from Barnet, north London, owned outlets at the O2 Arena in North Greenwich and at Gun Wharf Quays…
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4 DecemberRestaurants
Simon Cope resigns as Byron CEO
Simon Cope has resigned from his position as the CEO of embattled burger restaurant chain Byron amid the company’s restructuring plan under a CVA. His termination document appeared on Companies House on 3 December, stating he resigned on 30 November, just 18 months after joining from Wagamama, initially as Byron’s…
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