UNION STREET CAFE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-11 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£40M
Equity attributable
Employees
611
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£16M
Period ending 2024-12-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-27 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,383,957 | £64,531,848 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,566,658 | -£15,466,486 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,606,753 | -£15,758,086 | |
| Net profit | -£4,606,753 | -£15,758,086 | |
| Cash | £339,264 | £9,452 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£19,869,427 | -£32,942,744 | |
| Net assets | -£24,087,704 | -£39,845,790 | |
| Equity | -£24,087,704 | -£39,845,790 | |
| Average employees | 744 | 611 | |
| Wages | £12,612,147 | £17,603,943 |
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 | 2023-08-27 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -9.6% | -24.0% | |
| Net margin | -9.7% | -24.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.0% | 46.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.15x | 0.10x | |
| Interest cover | -113.90x | -53.04x |
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
“The directors have prepared a base case forecast which indicates that the group will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due and meet lending covenants for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements. The company has received a support letter from its parent, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants Limited, confirming that if necessary financial support would be made available to the company. Accordingly, the directors consider the going concern assumption to be appropriate.”
Group structure
- UNION STREET CAFE LIMITED · parent
- Busyn Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024, the company's primary strategic focus was the development and construction of the three new flagship sites within 22 Bishopsgate. All three concepts opened successfully in February 2025.”
- “In the Premium Casual segment, the Company expanded its Bread Street Kitchen brand with the opening of a new location in Stratford in June 2024.”
- “In September 2024, the Company launched a Pizza East on the ground floor of the pavilion. This development followed the strategic acquisition of the Pizza East brand in March 2022.”
- “After the period end, on 31 January 2025, the ultimate parent company became Gordon Ramsay Restaurants (Global) Ltd, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom. Gordon Ramsay Restaurants (Global) Ltd is owned 50% by Gordon and Cayetana Ramsay, 50% by Lion/ GRNA Aggregator LP. There is no longer an ultimate controlling party.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAMSAY, Gordon James | Director | 2010-07-28 | Nov 1966 | British |
| WENLOCK, Andrew William | Director | 2018-01-30 | Dec 1972 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Trevor | Secretary | 2011-09-05 | 2013-05-07 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-07-28 | 2010-07-28 |
| COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur | Director | 2010-07-28 | 2010-07-28 |
| EADES, Geoffrey John | Director | 2013-07-25 | 2018-01-30 |
| GILLIES, Stuart | Director | 2011-09-05 | 2018-02-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kavalake Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Gordon James Ramsay | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Gordon James Ramsay | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-07-27 | Ceased 2018-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2018-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-29 vs 2023-08-27