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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

  1. THE ALCHEMIST BAR & RESTAURANT LIMITED 2012-08-31 → present
  2. NEW WORLD BAR COMPANY LIMITED 2010-12-13 → 2012-08-31
  3. SUBURBIA BAR LOUNGE AND CLUB LIMITED 2009-09-16 → 2010-12-13
  4. PIMCO 2846 LIMITED 2009-07-09 → 2009-09-16

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
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 1,069966
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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 2.6%0.5%
Net margin 0.2%-1.1%
Return on capital employed 6.9%1.3%
Current ratio 1.00x1.16x
Interest cover 1.43x0.23x

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

  1. THE ALCHEMIST BAR & RESTAURANT LIMITED · parent
    1. Lavender Bell Limited 100%
    2. No 1 New York Street Bar Limited 100%
    3. The Alchemist (Leeds) Limited 100%
    4. Lavender Bell Trading Limited 100%
    5. The Alchemist (Glasgow) Limited 100%
    6. London Road Restaurant Limited 100%
    7. The Alchemist Germany GmbH 100%

Significant events

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 PDF
2025-10-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-09 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-02-09 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-01-30 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-01-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-20 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-08-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-05-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-12-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-05-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-04-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-03-17 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2020-05-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-08-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-06-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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