PRET A MANGER (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-02
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-19 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17M
-27.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£56M
-54.5% vs 2023
Employees
7,126
-10% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£82M
-416.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PRET A MANGER (EUROPE) LIMITED 1993-08-02 → present
- M.B.S. (EUROPE) LIMITED 1985-08-12 → 1993-08-02
- METYMART LIMITED 1984-10-10 → 1985-08-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-02
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-28 | 2025-01-02 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £729,960,000 | £734,834,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,758,000 | -£68,531,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£15,781,000 | -£81,532,000 | |
| Net profit | -£14,651,000 | -£82,582,000 | |
| Cash | £24,027,000 | £17,390,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £396,891,000 | £313,342,000 | |
| Net assets | £123,555,000 | £56,255,000 | |
| Equity | £123,555,000 | £56,255,000 | |
| Average employees | 7,917 | 7,126 | |
| Wages | £178,792,000 | £182,431,000 |
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 | 2023-12-28 | 2025-01-02 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.5% | -9.3% | |
| Net margin | -2.0% | -11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.9% | -21.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.5% | 88.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.30x | 0.27x | |
| Interest cover | -0.30x | -4.93x |
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 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The principal activity of the company is as a trading entity for the group headed by Pret Parent Holding Limited, the ultimate parent company. The Group's principal activity is the retailing of food and drink.”
Group structure
- PRET A MANGER (EUROPE) LIMITED · parent
- Pret A Manger (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
- Pret A Manger (USA) Limited 100%
- Pret UK Limited 100%
- Pret (France) SAS 100%
- Villiers Topco Limited 100%
- Villiers Acquisition Limited 100%
- Belneuve SRL 100%
- Luxham s.à r.l. 100%
- Pret A Manger (International) Limited 100%
- Pret USA Limited 100%
- Pret (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
- Villiers Midco Limited 100%
- EAT 2008 Limited 100%
- EAT The Real Food Company Limited 100%
- EAT Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The sale of a shop included within held for sale (see note 20) completed on 16 January 2025, and a second completed on 17 March 2025.”
- “On 8 January 2025, the Company announced a restructuring plan, with the aim of improving operating efficiency and reducing costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOU, Panayioti Michael Andrew | Secretary | 2019-09-17 | — | — |
| CHRISTOU, Panayioti Michael Andrew | Director | 2019-05-23 | Nov 1977 | British |
| EVANS, Edward | Director | 2025-11-13 | Dec 1984 | British |
| LINS PEIXOTO, Gustavo Henrique | Director | 2021-11-12 | Jan 1975 | Brazilian |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, John Robert Morton | Secretary | 2001-12-17 | 2003-05-12 |
| METCALFE, Julian Edward | Secretary | — | 1999-08-31 |
| SCHLEE, Clive Edward Benedict | Secretary | 2003-05-12 | 2019-09-17 |
| SMYTH, Harvey John | Secretary | 1999-08-31 | 2001-12-17 |
| ABDALLA, Kenneth | Director | 2004-01-29 | 2008-04-03 |
| BABROWSKI, Claire | Director | 2001-02-16 | 2003-05-19 |
| BEECHAM, Sinclair Christopher Seymour | Director | — | 2008-04-03 |
| BELL, Charles Hamilton | Director | 2001-02-16 | 2001-07-27 |
| BHAT, Axel Paul-Yves Marie | Director | 2019-05-23 | 2020-03-13 |
| BILLETT, Laurence Kenneth | Director | 2003-03-20 | 2008-04-03 |
| CANDLER, Nicholas John | Director | 2008-04-03 | 2017-09-29 |
| CATALANO, Christopher | Director | 2004-01-27 | 2008-04-03 |
| CLARK, John Robert Morton | Director | 2001-12-17 | 2003-03-20 |
| CLOUGH, Clare Patricia | Director | 2018-09-26 | 2025-09-26 |
| JONES, Adam Maxwell | Director | 2014-03-28 | 2018-09-26 |
| KINDLER, Jeffrey Bruce | Director | 2001-07-27 | 2001-12-17 |
| LEDERHAUSEN, Mats Allan | Director | 2003-05-19 | 2008-04-03 |
| MACKAY, Thomas Owen | Director | 2020-11-01 | 2021-11-12 |
| METCALFE, Julian Edward | Director | — | 2008-04-03 |
| MEYER, Konrad Fano | Director | 2020-03-13 | 2020-11-01 |
| ROLFE, Andrew John | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2003-03-20 |
| SCHLEE, Clive Edward Benedict | Director | 2003-03-20 | 2019-09-30 |
| SMYTH, Harvey John | Director | 1998-06-09 | 2003-03-20 |
| SMYTH, Russell | Director | 2001-12-17 | 2004-01-27 |
| WAREHAM, Andrea | Director | 2018-09-26 | 2023-04-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jab (Acquisition) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-23 | Ceased 2019-12-20 |
| Pret A Manger Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-23 | Active |
| Pam Acquisitionco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-30 | Ceased 2019-09-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 308 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-04-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-02 vs 2023-12-28
-
Turnover
+0.7%
£729,960,000 £734,834,000
-
Cash
-27.6%
£24,027,000 £17,390,000
-
Net assets
-54.5%
£123,555,000 £56,255,000
-
Employees
-10%
7,917 7,126
-
Operating profit
-1,723.6%
-£3,758,000 -£68,531,000
-
Profit before tax
-416.6%
-£15,781,000 -£81,532,000
-
Wages
+2%
£178,792,000 £182,431,000
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