TOOK US A LONG TIME LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-29 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-21% vs 2023
Net assets
-£28M
+36.2% vs 2023
Employees
807
-22.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£16M
+212.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TOOK US A LONG TIME LIMITED 2003-09-25 → present
- SPRINGELM LIMITED 2003-05-19 → 2003-09-25
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 | £46,910,000 | £36,615,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£12,226,000 | £17,425,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£14,389,000 | £16,142,000 | |
| Net profit | -£14,389,000 | £16,142,000 | |
| Cash | £4,177,000 | £3,301,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,561,000 | -£551,000 | |
| Net assets | -£44,632,000 | -£28,465,000 | |
| Equity | -£44,632,000 | -£28,465,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,036 | 807 | |
| Wages | £18,489,000 | £15,147,000 |
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 | -26.1% | 47.6% | |
| Net margin | -30.7% | 44.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -477.4% | -3162.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 203.1% | 171.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.19x | 0.20x | |
| Interest cover | -5.31x | 12.40x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the Director has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future having evaluated any plausible risks and uncertainties he could reasonably anticipate.”
Significant events
- “The Company reached a full and final settlement with its insurer for £2.5m (being approximately £1.5 million, net of creditor costs and legal costs) in connection with a claim for breach of a contract regarding insurance coverage for losses incurred in 2020.”
- “Three Wildwood restaurants were closed between January and March 2025 and a further lease assigned in May 2025.”
- “The Company paid off in full the residual HMRC debt early.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LASSMAN, Keith | Secretary | 2006-06-27 | — | British |
| PAGE, David Michael | Director | 2025-09-04 | Jun 1952 | British |
| PLAUT, Daniel Jonathan | Director | 2003-06-09 | Jun 1968 | British |
| WONG, Nicholas Chi Wai | Director | 2025-09-04 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBER, John Damian | Secretary | 2003-06-09 | 2006-06-22 |
| SHOTTER, Philip Andrew | Secretary | 2003-08-08 | 2006-06-22 |
| L.C.I. SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-05-19 | 2003-06-09 |
| KAYE, Samuel | Director | 2006-06-27 | 2021-05-14 |
| KNAP, Martin | Director | 2003-08-21 | 2004-04-26 |
| L.C.I. DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-05-19 | 2003-06-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bow Street Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
-
Turnover
-21.9%
£46,910,000 £36,615,000
-
Cash
-21%
£4,177,000 £3,301,000
-
Net assets
+36.2%
-£44,632,000 -£28,465,000
-
Employees
-22.1%
1,036 807
-
Operating profit
+242.5%
-£12,226,000 £17,425,000
-
Profit before tax
+212.2%
-£14,389,000 £16,142,000
-
Wages
-18.1%
£18,489,000 £15,147,000
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