FRENCHCROFT INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£4.5M
-39.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£3.2M
-39.4% vs 2023
Employees
2,800
+5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1.4M
-196.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
As a result of this transaction, we do not consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as described in Note 23.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £104,730,859 | £111,008,094 | +6% | |
| Operating profit | £621,465 | -£914,835 | -247.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,420,571 | -£1,365,095 | -196.1% | |
| Net profit | £829,133 | -£1,091,260 | -231.6% | |
| Cash | £7,326,592 | £4,459,452 | -39.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,892,432 | £4,878,470 | -64.9% | |
| Net assets | £5,308,744 | £3,217,484 | -39.4% | |
| Equity | £5,308,744 | £3,217,484 | -39.4% | |
| Average employees | 2,658 | 2,800 | +5.3% | |
| Wages | £27,380,093 | £30,519,506 | +11.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £31,763 | £30,000 | -5.6% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | -1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | -18.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.76x | 0.35x | |
| Interest cover | 1.18x | -1.77x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- FRENCHCROFT INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2026-01-19 → present
- WRIGHT RESTAURANTS LTD 2002-07-16 → 2026-01-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- JW Hinks LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“As a result of this transaction, we do not consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as described in Note 23.”
Significant events
- “During July and August 2025, the company sold all of its restaurant businesses. Sale proceeds amounted to apprximately £21 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Douglas Robertson | Director | 2002-07-20 | Dec 1964 | British |
| WRIGHT, Katherine | Director | 2026-05-06 | May 1967 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Teresa Elizabeth | Secretary | 2002-07-20 | 2010-07-01 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-07-16 | 2002-07-19 |
| WRIGHT, Teresa Elizabeth | Director | 2002-07-20 | 2010-07-01 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-07-16 | 2002-07-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Douglas Robertson Wright | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-01-19 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-19 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-12-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-01 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.