ROBERT HOLDCROFT LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8m
+65.2% vs 2024
Net assets
-£215k
-51.2% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
1,213
-3.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£48k
+93.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
...owing to the uncertainty surrounding the level of financial support being provided by the franchisor, there is a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,306,445 | £31,608,674 | £40,267,762 | £55,495,678 | £56,189,570 | £56,923,840 | +1.3% | |
| Operating profit | £720,374 | £2,307,309 | -£822,732 | -£464,136 | -£375,327 | £205,600 | +154.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £683,453 | £2,298,857 | -£1,019,062 | -£777,441 | -£784,158 | -£48,081 | +93.9% | |
| Net profit | £539,879 | £1,708,486 | -£851,586 | -£528,548 | -£689,652 | -£72,923 | +89.4% | |
| Cash | £2,277,987 | £2,782,465 | £2,054,085 | £1,675,047 | £1,060,497 | £1,752,169 | +65.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,189,683 | £3,271,627 | £7,277,188 | £5,341,825 | £3,565,738 | £2,573,617 | -27.8% | |
| Net assets | £656,918 | £2,275,404 | £1,159,818 | £561,270 | -£142,382 | -£215,306 | -51.2% | |
| Equity | £656,918 | £2,275,404 | £1,159,818 | £561,270 | -£142,382 | -£215,306 | -51.2% | |
| Average employees | 836 | 880 | 1,025 | 1,239 | 1,252 | 1,213 | -3.1% | |
| Wages | £6,970,256 | £7,663,302 | £10,961,484 | £15,625,512 | £16,255,402 | £16,273,157 | +0.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £13,743 | £14,063 | £14,500 | £14,500 | £14,500 | £54,619 | +276.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £39,993 | £39,996 | £40,119 | +0.3% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 7.3% | -2.0% | -0.8% | -0.7% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 5.4% | -2.1% | -1.0% | -1.2% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.9% | 70.5% | -11.3% | -8.7% | -10.5% | 8.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.6% | 62.9% | 85.2% | 95.1% | 101.4% | 102.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.38x | 0.30x | 0.35x | |
| Interest cover | 19.51x | — | -4.19x | -1.43x | -0.92x | 0.81x |
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
- Ormerod Rutter Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“...owing to the uncertainty surrounding the level of financial support being provided by the franchisor, there is a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The company seeks to acquire more stores as opportunities arise, and it should be noted that the new restaurant in Bromsgrove will be incorporated into the group in Q2 2026.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDCROFT, Tracey April | Secretary | 1994-09-19 | — | British |
| HOLDCROFT, Robert John | Director | 1994-09-19 | Aug 1959 | British |
| HOLDCROFT, Tracey April | Director | 2019-08-16 | Apr 1963 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Suzanne | Nominee Secretary | 1994-09-19 | 1994-09-19 |
| BREWER, Kevin, Dr | Nominee Director | 1994-09-19 | 1994-09-19 |
| HOLDCROFT, Tracey April | Director | 1994-09-19 | 2004-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert John Holdcroft | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-03-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-08-17 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-08-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.