BRAVA TRADING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-03 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-63.5% vs 2023
Net assets
-£17M
-12.8% vs 2023
Employees
1,893
-22.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-122% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BRAVA TRADING LIMITED 2026-04-13 → present
- PREZZO TRADING LIMITED 2021-01-21 → 2026-04-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £110,375,000 | £92,610,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,853,000 | -£415,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,219,000 | -£2,031,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,219,000 | -£2,031,000 | |
| Cash | £4,085,000 | £1,491,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£12,236,000 | -£16,630,000 | |
| Net assets | -£15,121,000 | -£17,058,000 | |
| Equity | -£15,121,000 | -£17,058,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,431 | 1,893 | |
| Wages | £41,583,000 | £36,185,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.8% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | 8.4% | -2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -88.7% | 2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 171.3% | 197.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.29x | 0.20x | |
| Interest cover | 6.64x | -0.25x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. The directors have prepared a base case and severe but plausible downside forecast of earnings and liquidity over the period to 31 December 2026 (the Going Concern period).”
Significant events
- “James Brown was appointed as CEO in November 2024. Following this the business restructured the Head Office team at the end of 2024 and strengthened the Senior Leadership Team in early 2025.”
- “In May 2025. Prezzo rebranded as Prezzo Italian, and launched a significant refurbishment programme post rebrand, which will see twelve restaurants refurbished in 2025 with over forty expected in 2026. Two sites have been exited in 2025, and three new sites have been opened in Edinburgh, Rugby and Kingston On Thames.”
- “The shareholders injected £3.5m in November 2025 to fund the next stage of refurbishments and new site openings planned for 2026.”
- “Since 29 December 2024, £3.5 million loan notes were issued to the parent company in November 2025 to fund the next stage of refurbishments and new site openings planned for 2026. In addition the overdraft facility with Barclays Bank PLC was increased to £3 million.”
- “Also, post reporting date, the parent company Brava Hospitality Group signed a franchise agreement with 'Jamie's Italian' to open an initial site in Leicester Square in February 2026 with a plan up to 40 sites in the following 10 years period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHALLENGER, Dean | Director | 2021-02-19 | Mar 1978 | British |
| BRAVA HOSPITALITY GROUP LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2021-02-19 | — | — |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDSTEIN, Jonathan Simon | Director | 2021-01-21 | 2021-02-19 |
| JONES, Karen Elisabeth Dind | Director | 2021-02-19 | 2022-09-30 |
| SAVERINO, Christopher | Director | 2021-01-21 | 2021-02-19 |
| SILVER CLOUD VENTURES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2021-01-21 | 2021-02-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jampurchaseco Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2021-01-21 | Ceased 2024-02-01 |
| Brava Hospitality Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2021-01-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-13 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-16.1%
£110,375,000 £92,610,000
-
Cash
-63.5%
£4,085,000 £1,491,000
-
Net assets
-12.8%
-£15,121,000 -£17,058,000
-
Employees
-22.1%
2,431 1,893
-
Operating profit
-103.8%
£10,853,000 -£415,000
-
Profit before tax
-122%
£9,219,000 -£2,031,000
-
Wages
-13%
£41,583,000 £36,185,000
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