YO! SUSHI UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-15 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-01
Watchouts
Cash
£600K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£32M
Equity attributable
Employees
1,373
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£16M
Period ending 2025-03-31
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 2 times since incorporation
- YO! SUSHI UK LTD 2000-12-22 → present
- YO! SUSHI SOHO LIMITED 1998-08-27 → 2000-12-22
- DELLWAY LIMITED 1994-11-24 → 1998-08-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £138,316,000 | £82,437,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£22,106,000 | -£14,861,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£22,621,000 | -£15,876,000 | |
| Net profit | -£22,621,000 | -£11,613,000 | |
| Cash | £920,000 | £600,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£16,540,000 | -£26,869,000 | |
| Net assets | -£20,812,000 | -£32,425,000 | |
| Equity | -£20,812,000 | -£32,425,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,392 | 1,373 | |
| Wages | £52,481,000 | £28,749,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -16.0% | -18.0% | |
| Net margin | -16.4% | -14.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 133.7% | 55.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 0.60x | |
| Interest cover | -9.68x | -5.86x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company extended its previous accounting period end from 26 November 2023 to 31 March 2024 to align the financial year-end of its ultimate parent undertaking, Zensho Holdings Co., Ltd.”
- “Zensho obtained control of the Wonderfield Group Limited (formerly "Snowfox Midco 1 Limited") and its subsidiaries (together, the "Wonderfield Group") during the comparative financial period, on 19 September 2023.”
- “In 2024, the Company commenced a retail conversion programme, transitioning corporate-operated kiosk sites to franchise-operated sites.”
- “A total of 10 sites were closed, resulting in a closing site portfolio of 43 locations (31 March 2024: 53 locations).”
- “management continues to focus on optimising performance through targeted investment in the existing estate and the closure of underperforming sites. In addition, the Company has commenced the rollout of a new quick service restaurant ("QSR") format”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOTO, Takeshi | Director | 2024-07-01 | Apr 1966 | Japanese |
| NIWA, Kiyohiko | Director | 2024-07-01 | Oct 1956 | Japanese |
| WATARIYA, Kazuiki | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jul 1958 | Japanese |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Andrew | Secretary | 2013-07-24 | 2017-08-15 |
| FOWLER, James Dominic | Secretary | 2008-06-19 | 2013-07-24 |
| HEALY, Kevin Patrick | Secretary | 1997-06-06 | 1998-09-11 |
| HORSFALL, Terence | Secretary | 1999-07-16 | 2001-02-05 |
| ISAACS, Bruce Philip | Secretary | 1997-02-25 | 1997-06-06 |
| KNIGHTON, Edward | Secretary | 2017-08-15 | 2021-01-31 |
| LAZARUS, Jeremy Mel | Secretary | 1998-09-11 | 1999-06-04 |
| OATES, Neil Thomas | Secretary | 2001-02-05 | 2001-07-25 |
| TINDALL, Zoe | Secretary | 2001-07-25 | 2008-06-19 |
| BENTINCK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-12-08 | 1995-08-23 |
| BRISTLEKARN LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1995-08-23 | 1997-02-25 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-11-24 | 1994-12-08 |
| CAMPBELL, Andrew Maxwell | Director | 2013-07-24 | 2017-08-15 |
| EVERITT, Timothy Mark | Director | 2024-08-02 | 2025-12-15 |
| FOWLER, James Dominic | Director | 2008-06-19 | 2013-07-24 |
| HALL, Vanessa Claire | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2015-11-27 |
| HODGSON, Richard | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2025-12-15 |
| HORSFALL, Terence | Director | 1999-07-16 | 2001-02-05 |
| HUMAN, Willem Hendrik | Director | 2022-07-29 | 2024-08-02 |
| KNIGHTON, Edward Myles | Director | 2017-08-15 | 2021-01-31 |
| LAZARUS, Jeremy Mel | Director | 1998-09-11 | 1999-06-04 |
| ROWLAND, Robin | Director | 1999-07-16 | 2017-12-04 |
| THOMAS, Gary John | Director | 2003-07-28 | 2013-01-07 |
| TINDALL, Zoe | Director | 2001-07-25 | 2008-06-19 |
| VICKERS, Alison | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2017-07-21 |
| WALTERS, Xenia | Director | 2021-03-08 | 2022-07-29 |
| WOODROFFE, Simon Henry Warren | Director | 1994-12-08 | 2003-08-29 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-11-24 | 1994-12-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yo! Sushi Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 190 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31