LOUNGERS LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. LOUNGERS LIMITED 2025-02-17 → present
2. LOUNGERS PLC 2019-03-28 → 2025-02-17

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

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.

Accounting basis

IFRS

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements for the 52 weeks ended 20 April 2025 on the going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. LOUNGERS LIMITED · parent
   1. Loungers Holdings Limited 100% · Holding company
   2. Loungers UK Limited 100% · The development, operation and management of all day neighbourhood cafe/bars and bar/restaurants.

Significant events

• “During the year, Loungers plc underwent a delisting process, which completed on 11 February 2025 and the Group removed its shares from AIM on 12 February 2025.”
• “The Company was subsequently acquired by CF Exedra Bidco Limited, which is indirectly owned by funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC and Lion Capital LLP.”
• “Following the delisting, the Group re-registered from a public to a private limited company and changed its name from Loungers plc to Loungers Limited.”
• “In February 2025, the Group refinanced its borrowing facilities following the acquisition by CF Exedra Bidco Limited, resulting in the previously held term loan of £20m being fully repaid.”
• “A net exceptional pre-tax charge of £7.9m has been recorded in the year, including takeover costs related to the approved offer for Loungers Plc by CF Exedra Bidco Limited.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

3

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +15%

  £353,486,000 → £406,355,000

• Cash

  +33.5%

  £10,349,000 → £13,814,000

• Net assets

  +2.8%

  £156,386,000 → £160,733,000

• Employees

  +10.7%

  8,631 → 9,557

• Operating profit

  -35.3%

  £20,315,000 → £13,151,000

• Profit before tax

  -67.6%

  £11,444,000 → £3,707,000

• Wages

  +27%

  £139,856,000 → £177,605,000

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