MITCHELLS & BUTLERS LEISURE RETAIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-27
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+637.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£72M
-11.4% vs 2024
Employees
1,188
+5.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£9M
+40% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MITCHELLS & BUTLERS LEISURE RETAIL LIMITED 2003-08-27 → present
- BLACK PEARL LIMITED(THE) 1971-01-29 → 2003-08-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-27
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,082,867,000 | £1,081,489,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£15,247,000 | -£8,922,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£15,507,000 | -£9,309,000 | |
| Net profit | -£15,513,000 | -£9,309,000 | |
| Cash | £540,000 | £3,982,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £86,216,000 | £77,119,000 | |
| Net assets | £81,397,000 | £72,088,000 | |
| Equity | £81,397,000 | £72,088,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,126 | 1,188 | |
| Wages | £77,977,000 | £81,608,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.4% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | -1.4% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -17.7% | -11.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.0% | 76.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | -40.34x | -18.28x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concem period").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Denise Patricia | Secretary | 2020-09-07 | — | — |
| BRADLEY, Fiona Mary | Director | 2026-02-12 | Jul 1978 | British |
| FREEMAN, Andrew David | Director | 2022-09-01 | Feb 1980 | British |
| MARTINDALE, Susan Katrina | Director | 2010-08-31 | Mar 1961 | British |
| MILES, Lee Jonathan | Director | 2010-08-31 | Mar 1970 | British |
| VAUGHAN, Andrew William | Director | 2010-08-31 | Oct 1963 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBEY, Andre | Secretary | 1994-09-06 | 2001-05-08 |
| ABBEY, Andre | Secretary | — | 1993-05-03 |
| BENJAMIN, Rachel Abigail | Secretary | 2009-04-06 | 2010-11-15 |
| BURTON, Denise Patricia | Secretary | 2011-01-19 | 2020-03-31 |
| KENNEDY, Bronagh | Secretary | 2001-05-08 | 2003-07-02 |
| MCCABE, Thomas Gabriel | Secretary | 1993-05-03 | 1994-09-06 |
| MCMAHON, Gregory Joseph | Secretary | 2020-04-01 | 2020-09-07 |
| PENRICE, Victoria Margaret | Secretary | 2003-07-02 | 2009-04-06 |
| TROUSDALE, Carolyn | Secretary | 2010-11-15 | 2011-01-19 |
| ABBEY, Andre | Director | — | 2001-05-08 |
| BERROW, Jacqueline Ann | Director | 2010-08-31 | 2011-03-08 |
| BRAMLEY, Michael Lloyd | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2009-04-11 |
| BUTTERFIELD, John Christopher Noel Robert Hay | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2008-07-04 |
| CAMPBELL, Alan David | Director | 1995-05-01 | 1999-04-26 |
| CLARKE, Timothy | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2009-05-20 |
| COLDRICK, Amanda | Director | 2009-10-12 | 2011-11-15 |
| EDGER, Christian Robert, Dr | Director | 2009-02-10 | 2010-07-02 |
| EVANS, Douglas George | Director | 2012-06-11 | 2013-01-31 |
| FOWLE, Adam Peter | Director | 2007-11-28 | 2011-03-15 |
| HOPKINS, Christian | Director | 2018-06-27 | 2025-12-31 |
| HUGHES, Alison Jane Margaret | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| HUGHES, Anthony | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2007-11-28 |
| KENNEDY, Bronagh | Director | 2001-05-08 | 2010-10-21 |
| MARTIN, Adam Melville | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2011-11-15 |
| MCCABE, Thomas Gabriel | Director | 1994-09-06 | 2001-05-08 |
| MCCABE, Thomas Gabriel | Director | — | 1993-05-03 |
| MCMAHON, Gregory Joseph | Director | 2013-02-15 | 2022-08-31 |
| MOXHAM, Roger Timothy | Director | 2009-10-12 | 2011-11-15 |
| NAFFAH, Karim | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2008-01-29 |
| PRATT, Richard Geoffrey | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2010-04-21 |
| SCOBIE, William Young | Director | 2001-05-08 | 2005-07-01 |
| SINGH, Saudagar | Director | 2010-05-24 | 2012-11-12 |
| TODD, Kevin | Director | 2009-10-12 | 2012-02-15 |
| TOWNSEND, Jeremy Charles Douglas | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| WHEATON, Alison Thompson | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2009-10-12 |
| YOUNG, Robin Mark | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2014-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchells & Butlers Leisure Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-10-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-17 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-10-17 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-17 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-27 vs 2024-09-28
-
Turnover
-0.1%
£1,082,867,000 £1,081,489,000
-
Cash
+637.4%
£540,000 £3,982,000
-
Net assets
-11.4%
£81,397,000 £72,088,000
-
Employees
+5.5%
1,126 1,188
-
Operating profit
+41.5%
-£15,247,000 -£8,922,000
-
Profit before tax
+40%
-£15,507,000 -£9,309,000
-
Wages
+4.7%
£77,977,000 £81,608,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers