PIZZAEXPRESS (RESTAURANTS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-07 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-24
Watchouts
Cash
£55M
-9.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£983M
-0.8% vs 2023
Employees
7,845
-9.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£10M
-50.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PIZZAEXPRESS (RESTAURANTS) LIMITED 1993-04-21 → present
- ASTROSIGN LIMITED 1993-03-31 → 1993-04-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £366,822,000 | £362,337,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,760,000 | -£6,284,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,407,000 | -£9,669,000 | |
| Net profit | -£6,136,000 | -£7,860,000 | |
| Cash | £60,527,000 | £54,736,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,121,342,000 | £1,121,472,000 | |
| Net assets | £991,275,000 | £983,415,000 | |
| Equity | £991,275,000 | £983,415,000 | |
| Average employees | 8,709 | 7,845 | |
| Wages | £122,686,000 | £119,496,000 |
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 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.3% | -1.7% | |
| Net margin | -1.7% | -2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.4% | -0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.0% | 27.7% | |
| Current ratio | 5.06x | 4.66x | |
| Interest cover | -0.37x | -0.47x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the Company is in a net asset position of £983,415,000 at 29 December 2024 ... the Directors consider the business able to continue to meet its obligations as they fall due and remain in business for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- PIZZAEXPRESS (RESTAURANTS) LIMITED · parent
- Bookcash Trading Limited 100%
- PizzaExpress Newco Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 2 April 2025, to strengthen the balance sheet of the Group, certain of the Group's shareholders have agreed to provide the Group with £20,000,000 of new equity, the proceeds of which the Group will use, together with £35,000,000 of balance sheet cash, to fund a £55,000,000 pro rata par cash paydown of the Existing Notes.”
- “The Group announced that it had reached agreement with more than 97% of the Existing Noteholders, to extend maturities until September 2029 (the "Refinancing").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANDHU, Mandeep Kaur | Secretary | 2024-04-06 | — | — |
| ELLIOT, Colin David | Director | 2025-01-13 | Jul 1964 | British |
| MACKENZIE, Paula Jane | Director | 2022-06-06 | Apr 1977 | British |
| SANDHU, Mandeep Kaur | Director | 2021-10-21 | Aug 1976 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Joanne Clare | Secretary | 2021-03-01 | 2024-04-06 |
| FREEMAN, Jackie Doreen | Secretary | 2003-10-31 | 2014-08-18 |
| HARTREY, Patrick Mark | Secretary | 2000-05-23 | 2003-10-31 |
| PELLINGTON, Andrew David | Secretary | 2014-08-18 | 2021-02-28 |
| TOMLINSON, Glen Wilfrid | Secretary | 1993-04-08 | 2000-05-23 |
| 'T HOOFT, Robert Adrian Graham | Director | 2003-09-18 | 2005-12-21 |
| ALLEN, Matthew Charles | Director | 1996-10-15 | 2001-09-28 |
| ANGELA, Mark David | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2011-07-11 |
| BENNETT, Joanne Clare | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2024-04-06 |
| BOWLEY, Nicola Zoe | Director | 2015-01-27 | 2022-12-21 |
| CAMPBELL, David Lachlan | Director | 2020-11-13 | 2021-10-13 |
| CAMPBELL, Paul Adam | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2003-07-16 |
| CARTER, Nicholas Michael | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2014-08-18 |
| DALE, Manjit | Director | 2003-09-17 | 2005-12-21 |
| EASTERBROOK, Stephen James | Director | 2011-10-31 | 2012-09-14 |
| ELDRIDGE, Ian | Director | 1993-04-08 | 2002-02-11 |
| FREEMAN, Jackie Doreen | Director | 2007-01-02 | 2014-08-18 |
| GILLIGAN, Paul Vincent | Director | 1995-08-22 | 2000-07-24 |
| GOLDING, John Daniel | Director | 2000-11-27 | 2001-09-24 |
| HEATH, Chris | Director | 2005-12-21 | 2006-12-22 |
| HILL, Steven Alan | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| HODGSON, Richard Paul | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2017-05-30 |
| LUYCKX, Charles Francis | Director | 2003-09-18 | 2005-12-21 |
| MAXWELL, Charlotte Emma | Director | 2015-01-27 | 2015-08-14 |
| METCALF, John James | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2004-05-20 |
| METCALF, John James | Director | 1993-04-08 | 2003-09-24 |
| MURPHY, David Roger | Director | 2017-09-18 | 2021-04-26 |
| OSMOND, Hugh | Director | 1993-04-08 | 2001-02-05 |
| PAGE, David Michael | Director | 1993-04-08 | 2003-09-19 |
| PARSONS, James Matthew | Director | 2001-02-20 | 2002-12-06 |
| PELLINGTON, Andrew David | Director | 2014-04-25 | 2021-02-28 |
| ROBERTSON, Stephen James | Director | 2003-09-17 | 2005-12-21 |
| SMYTH, Harvey John | Director | 2005-12-21 | 2014-08-18 |
| SYKES, David John | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2004-05-20 |
| SYKES, David John | Director | 2001-02-20 | 2003-09-24 |
| WANG, Jinlong | Director | 2017-06-06 | 2020-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pizzaexpress Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 247 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-22 | CVA4 | insolvency | Liquidation voluntary arrangement completion | |
| 2022-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-1.2%
£366,822,000 £362,337,000
-
Cash
-9.6%
£60,527,000 £54,736,000
-
Net assets
-0.8%
£991,275,000 £983,415,000
-
Employees
-9.9%
8,709 7,845
-
Operating profit
-32%
-£4,760,000 -£6,284,000
-
Profit before tax
-50.9%
-£6,407,000 -£9,669,000
-
Wages
-2.6%
£122,686,000 £119,496,000
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