BAO LONDON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-22 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-08
Watchouts
Cash
£322K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£7M
Equity attributable
Employees
250
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£2M
Period ending 2025-03-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,358,347 | £13,545,079 | |
| Operating profit | £1,114,311 | -£282,579 | |
| Profit before tax | -£553,942 | -£1,893,293 | |
| Net profit | -£362,556 | -£2,089,019 | |
| Cash | £534,430 | £322,290 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,037,283 | -£1,668,402 | |
| Net assets | -£4,949,455 | -£7,038,474 | |
| Equity | -£4,949,455 | -£7,038,474 | |
| Average employees | 220 | 250 | |
| Wages | £5,391,162 | £5,259,660 |
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 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.8% | -2.1% | |
| Net margin | -2.5% | -15.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -107.4% | 16.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 155.2% | 171.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.76x | 0.52x | |
| Interest cover | 0.77x | -0.18x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- McMillan Woods Audits Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, reflecting the directors' assessment that the Company will continue to trade for the foreseeable future. On 14 July 2025, the Company was acquired by The Lo & Behold Group (TLBG)... TLBG has confirmed its intention to provide ongoing financial support to the Company and to ensure the continuity of its operations.”
Significant events
- “On 14 July 2025, JKS Restaurants Holdings Limited sold its shareholding in the Company to The Lo & Behold Group (TLBG), a Singapore-based hospitality group. As a result, the Company ceased to form part of the JKS Group from the date of completion.”
- “From July 2025, the Company is no longer a party to the JKS Group cross-guarantee agreement. The loans previously covered by the cross-guarantee were refinanced in April 2025, and JKS Hospitality Limited assumed the Company's obligations under the agreement following the sale.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHANG, Erchen | Director | 2014-10-07 | Jan 1990 | Taiwanese |
| CHUNG, Shing Tat | Director | 2014-10-07 | Nov 1986 | British |
| CHUNG, Wai-Ting | Director | 2014-10-07 | Dec 1984 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOKANI, Sunaina | Director | 2014-04-08 | 2025-07-14 |
| KAHAN, Barbara | Director | 2014-04-08 | 2014-04-08 |
| SETHI, Jyotin | Director | 2014-04-08 | 2025-07-14 |
| SETHI, Karam | Director | 2018-04-06 | 2024-04-22 |
| SETHI, Karam | Director | 2014-04-08 | 2025-07-14 |
| SETHI, Sunaina | Director | 2014-07-14 | 2014-07-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiaobao Spv Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2025-07-14 | Active |
| Jks Restaurants Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2022-01-07 | Ceased 2025-07-14 |
| Jks Restaurants Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-01-07 | Ceased 2022-01-07 |
| Trishna Restaurants Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-03-28 | Ceased 2022-01-07 |
| Trishna Restaurants Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-18 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-08-18 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-31 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-07-28 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-07-28 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-07-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-17 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 19
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2025-03-30 vs 2024-03-31