CARA RESTAURANTS LIMITED
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Cash
£7.2m
+54.7% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£8.3m
+2.6% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
1,574
+6.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.4m
-3.2% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,902,539 | £62,438,959 | £71,034,478 | £71,488,063 | £74,541,986 | +4.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,119,462 | £4,390,517 | £1,894,710 | £1,390,979 | £1,410,061 | +1.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,029,536 | £4,322,177 | £1,858,274 | £1,400,397 | £1,356,219 | -3.2% | |
| Net profit | £768,325 | £3,502,153 | £1,344,556 | £965,751 | £965,724 | 0% | |
| Cash | £4,110,084 | £6,130,171 | £5,943,741 | £4,635,291 | £7,169,322 | +54.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,496,238 | £8,779,402 | £8,534,176 | £8,840,606 | £10,858,522 | +22.8% | |
| Net assets | £3,784,639 | £6,712,792 | £7,852,906 | £8,077,657 | £8,287,381 | +2.6% | |
| Equity | £3,784,639 | £6,712,792 | £7,852,906 | £8,077,657 | £8,287,381 | +2.6% | |
| Average employees | 1,459 | 1,513 | 1,619 | 1,479 | 1,574 | +6.4% | |
| Wages | £13,966,415 | £16,191,138 | £18,656,616 | £19,334,735 | £20,403,711 | +5.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £33,250 | £34,000 | £34,624 | £34,868 | £36,098 | +3.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £43,139 | £69,061 | £69,061 | 0% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 7.0% | 2.7% | 1.9% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 5.6% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.2% | 50.0% | 22.2% | 15.7% | 13.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.2% | 47.6% | 47.8% | 44.2% | 55.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.03x | 1.01x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | 12.45x | 64.25x | 42.23x | 82.87x | 20.57x |
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
- Higson & Co (Nottingham) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Two stores were temporarily closed in 2025 (2024 one store) while re-image refurbishment works were undertaken and completed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Samantha Jayne | Secretary | 2000-11-09 | — | British |
| WRIGHT, Samantha Jayne | Director | 2000-11-09 | May 1974 | English |
| WRIGHT, Walter John | Director | 2000-11-09 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Kenneth Edwin | Secretary | 2000-11-09 | 2000-11-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Samantha Jayne Wright | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-10 |
| Mr Walter John Wright | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-01-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2018-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-06-25 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.