CLOKKEN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-30 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-16
Watchouts
Cash
£31M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£18M
Equity attributable
Employees
7,246
Average over period
Profit before tax
£341K
Period ending 2024-12-29
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-28 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £168,920,769 | £231,568,876 | |
| Operating profit | -£16,210,597 | £313,764 | |
| Profit before tax | -£19,455,011 | £341,064 | |
| Net profit | -£16,242,783 | -£1,813,899 | |
| Cash | £4,893,549 | £31,194,246 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£7,417,245 | -£7,800,035 | |
| Net assets | -£16,242,683 | -£18,056,582 | |
| Equity | -£16,242,683 | -£18,056,582 | |
| Average employees | 6,611 | 7,246 | |
| Wages | £47,692,000 | £63,810,203 |
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 | 2024-04-28 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -9.6% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | -9.6% | -0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 218.6% | -4.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 110.9% | 110.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.10x | 0.24x | |
| Interest cover | -5.00x | 2.28x |
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
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes the company will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due, for at least the next twelve months. The Directors have concluded that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis, having undertaken an assessment of the cashflow forecasts for a period of twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “At the year end there were 195 stores, there was a net movement of -1 since the acquisition on 28 April 2024.”
- “The directors took the decision to appoint Menzies LLP as auditors on 28 September 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Michael Robert Campion | Secretary | 2024-04-29 | — | — |
| SWAIN, Robert James | Director | 2025-03-14 | Jun 1979 | British |
| WHITEHORN, James Matthew | Director | 2024-04-29 | Jan 1987 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARREN, Meghan | Director | 2024-04-29 | 2025-02-28 |
| ISSA, Zuber Vali | Director | 2023-10-17 | 2024-04-29 |
| MCCORMICK, Mathew James William | Director | 2024-04-29 | 2025-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-04-29 | Active |
| Scotco Central Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-10-17 | Ceased 2024-04-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
FY2024 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-29 vs 2024-04-28