GOURMET BURGER KITCHEN (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-27 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-09 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1M
+158.7% vs 2023
Employees
2,235
+35.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+201.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GOURMET BURGER KITCHEN (UK) LIMITED 2020-11-06 → present
- FISHWORKS 2 LIMITED 2009-01-26 → 2020-11-06
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 | £96,233,000 | £124,940,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,570,000 | £4,880,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,739,000 | £4,811,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,761,000 | £2,715,000 | |
| Cash | £1,636,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£567,000 | £3,656,000 | |
| Net assets | -£1,711,000 | £1,004,000 | |
| Equity | -£1,711,000 | £1,004,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,652 | 2,235 | |
| Wages | £32,627,000 | £40,998,000 |
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 | -4.7% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | -3.9% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 806.0% | 133.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.45x | 0.51x | |
| Interest cover | -27.04x | 70.72x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources and finance facilities to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 month period from the date these financial statements were approved. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. ... a letter of support has been received from Boparan Private Office Limited, the ultimate parent company, which commits to providing support, should the need arise, to allow the company to pay its debts as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 30 August 2024, the company became party to an inter-company cross guarantee in relation to borrowings in Amber Real Estate Investments (Agriculture) Limited, a fellow group company. The total borrowings at 28 December 2024 were £280,000,000.”
- “On 9 July 2025 the Company entered into an agreement to dispose of 12 GBK branded restaurants to an unrelated third party for £3.7m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINLAY, Megan Jo | Director | 2026-03-06 | Mar 1985 | British |
| PIGOTT, Richard | Director | 2026-01-22 | Apr 1982 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMER, Christopher Stephen | Secretary | 2011-11-20 | 2016-06-01 |
| SILK, Frances | Secretary | 2009-01-26 | 2011-03-31 |
| CROWLEY, Thomas Edward | Director | 2016-12-16 | 2020-01-27 |
| CURLE, Tolla Joanne | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2022-12-16 |
| D'CRUZ, Simon Nicholas | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2020-04-15 |
| DWYER, Daniel James | Director | 2009-01-26 | 2009-01-26 |
| EDWARDS, Graham | Director | 2012-03-31 | 2018-08-14 |
| FRANKLIN, William James | Director | 2016-12-16 | 2018-01-19 |
| GLANCY, Michael John | Director | 2012-03-31 | 2017-01-31 |
| KLAUBER, Peter Arthur | Director | 2011-09-26 | 2012-03-31 |
| LEIHAL, Satnam Singh | Director | 2020-01-27 | 2026-01-22 |
| SAYER, David Paul | Director | 2022-12-16 | 2026-03-06 |
| SILK, Frances | Director | 2009-01-26 | 2011-03-31 |
| SIMOVIC, Maria | Director | 2009-01-26 | 2011-09-02 |
| TEIXEIRA, Joaquim Rocha | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2016-12-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boparan Restaurants Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-05-13 | Active |
| Boparan Ventures Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+29.8%
£96,233,000 £124,940,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+158.7%
-£1,711,000 £1,004,000
-
Employees
+35.3%
1,652 2,235
-
Operating profit
+206.8%
-£4,570,000 £4,880,000
-
Profit before tax
+201.5%
-£4,739,000 £4,811,000
-
Wages
+25.7%
£32,627,000 £40,998,000
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