MARKET TAVERNS LIMITED
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Cash
£250k
-30.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.2m
-9.6% vs 2024
Employees
216
+11.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£337k
-158.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,289,713 | £13,508,346 | £14,325,417 | +6% | |
| Operating profit | £679,763 | £760,674 | -£191,930 | -125.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £379,163 | £579,044 | -£337,416 | -158.3% | |
| Net profit | £328,942 | £397,197 | -£341,174 | -185.9% | |
| Cash | £627,048 | £357,595 | £250,045 | -30.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,662,886 | £4,743,608 | £3,938,184 | -17% | |
| Net assets | £3,160,439 | £3,557,636 | £3,216,462 | -9.6% | |
| Equity | £3,160,439 | £3,557,636 | £3,216,462 | -9.6% | |
| Average employees | 172 | 193 | 216 | +11.9% | |
| Wages | £3,312,633 | £3,983,662 | £4,716,388 | +18.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £153,917 | £191,768 | £213,462 | +11.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £82,658 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 5.6% | -1.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 2.9% | -2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.6% | 16.0% | -4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.4% | 53.7% | 57.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.87x | 1.89x | 1.48x | |
| Interest cover | 2.26x | 4.18x | -1.32x |
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
- Pembroke Briggs Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Thus the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In October we exited the Huntsman & Hounds, Walworth and we acquired the Crown & Anchor, Chiswick in November.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Suzanne Louise | Director | 2024-06-30 | Aug 1963 | British |
| PARSON, Nigel Andrew | Director | 2024-06-30 | Sep 1959 | British |
| WELSH, Stephen John | Director | 2000-08-18 | Jul 1959 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEACH, Marian Christine | Secretary | — | 2014-09-16 |
| FEARN, Gary | Secretary | 2014-09-16 | 2017-03-01 |
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-03-01 | 2018-03-01 |
| BEACH, John Charles | Director | — | 2014-09-16 |
| BEACH, Marian Christine | Director | — | 2014-09-16 |
| FEARN, Gary | Director | 2015-02-24 | 2016-12-15 |
| LAWS, Adrian Fraser | Director | 2025-04-01 | 2026-02-06 |
| MELLAND, Charles | Director | — | 2003-07-19 |
| PEACHMENT, Richard Mark | Director | 2018-10-29 | 2024-11-19 |
| PLAYTER, Robert | Director | 1997-04-06 | 2000-11-04 |
| SNAITH, Michael Jonathan | Director | 2018-10-29 | 2023-01-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call To The Bar Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.