THE ALCHEMIST BAR & RESTAURANT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-15 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+3.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-11.4% vs 2024
Employees
966
-9.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£724K
-224.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- THE ALCHEMIST BAR & RESTAURANT LIMITED 2012-08-31 → present
- NEW WORLD BAR COMPANY LIMITED 2010-12-13 → 2012-08-31
- SUBURBIA BAR LOUNGE AND CLUB LIMITED 2009-09-16 → 2010-12-13
- PIMCO 2846 LIMITED 2009-07-09 → 2009-09-16
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 | £58,593,000 | £56,205,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,499,000 | £284,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £580,000 | -£724,000 | |
| Net profit | £113,000 | -£644,000 | |
| Cash | £2,833,000 | £2,941,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,859,000 | £21,856,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,673,000 | £5,029,000 | |
| Equity | £5,673,000 | £5,029,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,069 | 966 | |
| Wages | £22,010,000 | £20,494,000 |
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 | 2.6% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.9% | 1.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | 1.43x | 0.23x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the Company's financial resources, including base case and reduced sales forecasts, and are satisfied the company has sufficient resources to settle liabilities and operate within leverage covenants. The group continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE ALCHEMIST BAR & RESTAURANT LIMITED · parent
- Lavender Bell Limited 100%
- No 1 New York Street Bar Limited 100%
- The Alchemist (Leeds) Limited 100%
- Lavender Bell Trading Limited 100%
- The Alchemist (Glasgow) Limited 100%
- London Road Restaurant Limited 100%
- The Alchemist Germany GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “Cocktail heritage remains at the heart of the brand's identity and we were delighted to open our new venue on Eastcheap in February complete with a standalone Negroni bar, the first of its kind in the UK.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURVILLE, Mark Francis | Director | 2016-12-21 | Nov 1976 | British |
| MITCHELL, Paul | Director | 2019-06-23 | May 1981 | British |
| POTTS, Simon | Director | 2016-08-31 | Oct 1980 | British |
| ROBERTS, Jeremy Kevin | Director | 2009-07-09 | Oct 1962 | British |
| STEWART, Victoria | Director | 2017-08-01 | Mar 1980 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAIGH, Andrew Peter | Secretary | 2010-08-13 | 2018-03-31 |
| ROBERTS, Jeremy Kevin | Secretary | 2009-07-09 | 2010-08-13 |
| BACON, Timothy Alan | Director | 2009-07-09 | 2016-04-30 |
| BRANAGAN, John Ernest | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2015-05-15 |
| CRIMES, Susan Jane | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2015-05-15 |
| HAIGH, Andrew Peter | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2018-03-31 |
| MORAN, Paul Anthony | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2018-03-31 |
| MUNCASTER, Katie Louise | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2015-05-15 |
| ROBERTS, Jane | Director | 2014-06-01 | 2015-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buttercup Bidco Td | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-23 | 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-4.1%
£58,593,000 £56,205,000
-
Cash
+3.8%
£2,833,000 £2,941,000
-
Net assets
-11.4%
£5,673,000 £5,029,000
-
Employees
-9.6%
1,069 966
-
Operating profit
-81.1%
£1,499,000 £284,000
-
Profit before tax
-224.8%
£580,000 -£724,000
-
Wages
-6.9%
£22,010,000 £20,494,000
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