HARD ROCK CAFE (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-04 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£863K
-20.7% vs 2023
Net assets
-£28M
-37% vs 2023
Employees
443
+0.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£6M
-441.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HARD ROCK CAFE (UK) LIMITED 1999-05-17 → present
- HARD ROCK CAFE (LONDON) LIMITED 1985-06-19 → 1999-05-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,545,000 | £29,170,000 | |
| Operating profit | £355,000 | -£4,580,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,080,000 | -£5,851,000 | |
| Net profit | -£882,000 | -£7,544,000 | |
| Cash | £1,088,000 | £863,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,836,000 | -£6,737,000 | |
| Net assets | -£20,389,000 | -£27,933,000 | |
| Equity | -£20,389,000 | -£27,933,000 | |
| Average employees | 442 | 443 | |
| Wages | £9,212,000 | £8,315,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | -15.7% | |
| Net margin | -2.7% | -25.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.3% | 68.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 148.6% | 248.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.12x | 0.18x | |
| Interest cover | 0.23x | -3.20x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements due to the following reasons: In making the going concern assessment, management has considered budgets approved for the whole Hard Rock group for 2025 and 2026, revised forecasts for the respective years, a six year strategic plan, and have considered adjustments to return to normalised business by the end of 2025.”
Significant events
- “During 2024, the company reported an impairment of £4.0 million, comprising £3.4 million for right of use (ROU) asset leases and £0.6 million for property, plant and equipment (PPE) assets, associated with the Piccadilly and Manchester cafes.”
- “During the year ended 31 December 2024, the Company closed one cafe in Glasgow. The cafe closure resulted in closure expenses of £1.1 million for the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHESKY, Francis Joseph | Director | 2023-06-30 | Jun 1970 | American |
| MARTINO, Eric Vincent | Director | 2024-12-15 | May 1980 | American |
| ZAHN, Vincent Joseph | Director | 2024-12-15 | Oct 1977 | American |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLES, Pamela Mary | Secretary | 2006-10-24 | 2007-03-05 |
| DOCKRELL, Carol Ann | Secretary | — | 1993-05-28 |
| DUFFILL, Clare Marianne | Secretary | 2000-12-18 | 2006-10-24 |
| WATKINS, Simon Andrew | Secretary | — | 2000-12-18 |
| OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-03-05 | 2018-05-04 |
| ALEXANDER, Brian Learned | Director | 2018-04-18 | 2021-03-12 |
| AVALLONE, Thomas | Director | — | 1994-09-26 |
| COLES, Pamela Mary | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2007-03-05 |
| CORMICK, Charles Bruce Arthur | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2005-10-31 |
| COUTU, Michael | Director | 1994-09-26 | 1998-04-14 |
| CRIPPEN, John Eric | Director | 1993-05-05 | 1997-08-21 |
| DAVIS, Gary Reginald | Director | — | 1993-03-12 |
| DAWSON, Horace Greeley | Director | 1998-04-14 | 2001-03-30 |
| FERNANDEZ LORDEN, Anibal | Director | 2023-04-28 | 2024-11-12 |
| HINCER, Ilkim | Director | 2021-03-12 | 2023-06-30 |
| LEONARD, Gregory Scott | Director | 1997-08-21 | 1998-08-07 |
| MACPHERSON, Andrew Calum | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2013-07-30 |
| NIELSEN, Kim | Director | 1997-08-21 | 1999-11-05 |
| PELLOW, David Stuart | Director | 2013-07-25 | 2023-04-28 |
| PEREZ, Thomas Gerald | Director | 1999-09-30 | 2000-03-01 |
| THOMAS, Francis George Northcott | Director | — | 1997-08-21 |
| WOLSZCZAK, Jay Anthony | Director | 2001-06-19 | 2018-04-27 |
| WOODWARD, Sally | Director | 1997-08-21 | 1999-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hard Rock International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-09 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-10.4%
£32,545,000 £29,170,000
-
Cash
-20.7%
£1,088,000 £863,000
-
Net assets
-37%
-£20,389,000 -£27,933,000
-
Employees
+0.2%
442 443
-
Operating profit
-1,390.1%
£355,000 -£4,580,000
-
Profit before tax
-441.8%
-£1,080,000 -£5,851,000
-
Wages
-9.7%
£9,212,000 £8,315,000
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