CAPRICE HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£886k
-71.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£19m
-58.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,116
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£26m
-341.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-01-05
Latest accounts filed cover 2026-01-04; financial figures currently reflect up to 2025-01-05.
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-01-05 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £74,364,000 | £97,066,000 | £94,119,000 | -3% | |
| Operating profit | £818,000 | -£6,276,000 | -£25,354,000 | -304% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,152,000 | -£5,909,000 | -£26,096,000 | -341.6% | |
| Net profit | £840,000 | -£5,413,000 | -£25,985,000 | -380% | |
| Cash | £16,284,000 | £3,104,000 | £886,000 | -71.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,414,000 | £60,460,000 | £30,267,000 | -49.9% | |
| Net assets | £49,948,000 | £44,535,000 | £18,550,000 | -58.3% | |
| Equity | £49,948,000 | £44,535,000 | £18,550,000 | -58.3% | |
| Average employees | 822 | 1,078 | 1,116 | +3.5% | |
| Wages | £23,713,000 | £34,305,000 | £32,355,000 | -5.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £432,000 | £491,000 | £387,000 | -21.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £6,000 | £10,000 | £9,000 | -10% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £300,000 | £200,000 | -33.3% |
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-01-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | -6.5% | -26.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | -5.6% | -27.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.6% | -10.4% | -83.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.4% | 76.4% | 88.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.75x | 0.53x | 0.63x | |
| Interest cover | 14.35x | -40.75x | -24.66x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CAPRICE HOLDINGS LIMITED 1990-03-27 → present
- LE CAPRICE LIMITED 1982-10-25 → 1990-03-27
- ASHFLAG LIMITED 1982-09-02 → 1982-10-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the next 12 months from the date of approval of these accounts. Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- CAPRICE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Caprice Events Limited 100%
- Caprice SF Restaurant and Bar Limited 100%
- Scotts ME Restaurant Limited 100%
- Caprice Ireland Ventures Limited 100%
- C/M Covent Garden Limited 75%
- TCATI Limited 100%
- Food Etc Restaurants Limited 100%
- Omo Mykonos SA 100%
- Urban Productions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At the Statement of Financial Position date there were additions in fixed assets from a proposed new site opening in 2025. This was financed from the existing group credit facility in place.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARING, Richard Allan | Director | 2005-06-27 | Jun 1948 | British |
| JONES, George Mark Randle | Director | 2026-08-18 | Feb 1980 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFZAL, Humera | Secretary | 2022-08-16 | 2022-12-13 |
| BAGDAI, Ratnesh | Secretary | 2003-03-26 | 2003-09-26 |
| BARTMAN, Barry David | Secretary | 2000-09-08 | 2003-03-26 |
| FIDDLER, Nicholas | Secretary | 2003-09-26 | 2005-05-27 |
| HARRIS, Joanne | Secretary | 2005-06-27 | 2008-03-14 |
| KING, Jeremy Richard Bruce | Secretary | — | 2000-09-08 |
| LAWRENCE, James Wyndham Stuart | Secretary | 2014-09-01 | 2019-10-04 |
| LITTLE, Scott | Secretary | 2012-11-29 | 2014-08-31 |
| PRIOR, Edward | Secretary | 1994-04-01 | 1995-06-01 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher John | Secretary | 2022-12-15 | 2026-08-18 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher | Secretary | 2019-10-04 | 2022-08-16 |
| WOOLMER, Julie | Secretary | 2008-03-14 | 2012-11-29 |
| ADORNO, Jesus | Director | 1994-03-01 | 2020-11-30 |
| AFZAL, Humera | Director | 2022-08-16 | 2022-12-13 |
| BAGDAI, Ratnesh | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2006-04-25 |
| BAGDAI, Ratnesh | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2003-09-26 |
| CARING, Patricia | Director | 2023-03-21 | 2026-08-18 |
| CORBIN, Christopher John | Director | — | 2003-04-13 |
| COWLEY, Nicholas Robert John | Director | 2016-05-31 | 2020-07-01 |
| COWLEY, Nicholas Robert John | Director | 2006-05-02 | 2010-07-30 |
| EVERARD, Mitchell | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2006-03-10 |
| HIX, Mark | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| HOLBROOK, Jane Susan | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2012-04-27 |
| HOMAN, Vernon | Director | 2014-08-07 | 2020-08-04 |
| HUGHES, Timothy | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2026-08-18 |
| JONES, George Mark Randle | Director | 2022-08-09 | 2024-07-29 |
| KING, Jeremy Richard Bruce | Director | — | 2003-04-13 |
| KRESS, Andrew Richard | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2012-10-12 |
| LAWRENCE, James Wyndham Stuart | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2019-10-04 |
| LORD BERNSTEIN OF CRAIGWEIL, Alexander | Director | 1998-01-01 | 1998-08-14 |
| MACEACHERN, Ian | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-05-31 |
| MCDONALD, Desmond John | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2012-01-03 |
| NEWELL, Lilly | Director | 2012-08-31 | 2020-09-23 |
| NORMAN, Russell | Director | 2006-04-18 | 2009-06-26 |
| PEIRE, Fernando Javier | Director | 2007-03-05 | 2019-07-05 |
| PRIOR, Edward | Director | 1994-04-01 | 1995-06-01 |
| REVELL, Jane Alexandra | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2015-01-15 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher John | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2026-08-18 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher John | Director | 2019-10-04 | 2022-08-16 |
| SHERRINGTON, James David | Director | 2012-04-30 | 2014-08-07 |
| TOWNSLEY, Barry Stephen | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2026-08-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ch Acquisition Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 295 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-24 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2026-07-24 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2026-07-22 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2026-07-22 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2026-07-22 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2026-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-05-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 19
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.