TORTILLA MEXICAN GRILL PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-28 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-14
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+67.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£486K
-116.8% vs 2023
Employees
1,188
+3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
-205.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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6 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TORTILLA MEXICAN GRILL PLC 2021-09-17 → present
- TORTILLA MEXICAN GRILL LIMITED 2021-07-15 → 2021-09-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
Latest accounts filed cover 2024-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2024-12-29.
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £65,674,965 | £67,999,489 | |
| Operating profit | £684,110 | -£1,186,504 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,085,166 | -£3,316,969 | |
| Net profit | -£1,092,543 | -£3,326,471 | |
| Cash | £1,644,674 | £2,760,960 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,985,537 | £39,037,654 | |
| Net assets | £2,885,883 | -£485,981 | |
| Equity | £2,885,883 | -£485,981 | |
| Average employees | 1,146 | 1,188 | |
| Wages | £19,634,665 | £21,026,142 |
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 | 1.0% | -1.7% | |
| Net margin | -1.7% | -4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.9% | -3.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.4% | 100.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.53x | 0.54x | |
| Interest cover | 0.38x | -0.54x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Upon consideration of these analyses and the principal risks faced by the Group, the Directors are satisfied that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Directors have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- TORTILLA MEXICAN GRILL PLC · parent
- Mexican Grill Ltd 100%
- Mexican Grill International Franchise Ltd 100%
- California Grill Ltd 100%
- Chilango Ltd 100%
- Chilango City Ltd 100%
- Chilango London Ltd 100%
- Chilango Mexican Ltd 100%
- Chilango UK Ltd 100%
- Tortilla Mexican Grill France SAS 100%
- Tortilla Restaurants SAS 100%
- Tortilla Franchise SAS 100%
- FB CARRE SENART 100%
- FB GDN 100%
- FB NICE 100%
- FB STRAS51 100%
- FB VDE 100%
- LAJD & CO 100%
Significant events
- “acquisition of Fresh Burritos, the largest burrito business in France and the second largest in Europe behind Tortilla.”
- “Andy Naylor took over as CEO in March 2024.”
- “successfully piloted self-ordering kiosks.”
- “launched our first loyalty app.”
- “five-year extension of our development agreement with SSP.”
- “new internal development framework to create clear career paths.”
- “Tortilla's first brand refresh since 2010 alongside an overhaul of our interior design.”
- “Acquired the second largest burrito business in Europe after Tortilla, Fresh Burritos in France, in July 2024.”
- “Maria Denny (appointed as a Director with effect from 8 March 2024).”
- “On 19 November 2024 the company's auditor changed its name from haysmacintyre LLP to HaysMac LLP.”
- “The Group had capital commitments of £215,000 at 29 December 2024 (31 December 2023: £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERNWOOD COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-05-31 | — | — |
| ALI, Usman | Director | 2025-02-26 | May 1993 | British |
| GARROOD, Duncan Steven, Dr | Director | 2025-12-05 | Nov 1958 | British |
| GRANT, Gregor | Director | 2026-03-09 | Nov 1966 | British |
| HALEY, Richard Austin | Director | 2026-03-31 | Jul 1971 | British |
| POGROSZEWSKA, Marta Barbara | Director | 2026-02-05 | Sep 1978 | Polish |
| STEPHENS, Brandon Borg | Director | 2021-07-15 | May 1973 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-09-15 | 2023-05-31 |
| CAMPBELL, Paul Adam | Director | 2021-09-10 | 2021-09-29 |
| DENNY, Maria Anna Katarina | Director | 2024-03-08 | 2025-09-30 |
| DOWN, Keith William | Director | 2023-08-24 | 2026-02-05 |
| HALEY, Richard Austin | Director | 2025-10-09 | 2026-03-31 |
| KEEN, Laurence Brian | Director | 2021-09-20 | 2023-05-17 |
| LAGADEC, Loeiz | Director | 2021-09-10 | 2025-01-31 |
| MORRIS, Richard John | Director | 2021-07-15 | 2024-03-31 |
| NAYLOR, Andrew Philip | Director | 2021-09-10 | 2026-02-05 |
| PATEL, Aarish Navin | Director | 2021-09-10 | 2021-09-29 |
| TIRITIELLO, Francesca | Director | 2022-09-20 | 2026-02-05 |
| WOODS, Emma Margaret | Director | 2021-09-20 | 2025-12-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Brandon Borg Stephens | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-07-15 | Ceased 2021-09-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-11 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 6
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
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Turnover
+3.5%
£65,674,965 £67,999,489
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Cash
+67.9%
£1,644,674 £2,760,960
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Net assets
-116.8%
£2,885,883 -£485,981
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Employees
+3.7%
1,146 1,188
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Operating profit
-273.4%
£684,110 -£1,186,504
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Profit before tax
-205.7%
-£1,085,166 -£3,316,969
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Wages
+7.1%
£19,634,665 £21,026,142
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
Heads up: a more recent set of accounts has been filed but isn't yet reflected here — the figures above are older than the company's latest filing.