SLUG AND LETTUCE COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£86K
+16.2% vs 2023
Net assets
-£14M
-161.9% vs 2023
Employees
813
-4.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£37M
-1,092.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-09-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-24 | 2024-09-29 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,438,000 | £48,288,000 | +1.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,478,000 | -£32,230,000 | -2,280.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,129,000 | -£37,303,000 | -1,092.2% | |
| Net profit | -£4,496,000 | -£37,909,000 | -743.2% | |
| Cash | £74,000 | £86,000 | +16.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £62,000,000 | £20,159,000 | -67.5% | |
| Net assets | £23,415,000 | -£14,494,000 | -161.9% | |
| Equity | £23,415,000 | -£14,494,000 | -161.9% | |
| Average employees | 849 | 813 | -4.2% | |
| Wages | £12,146,000 | £13,091,000 | +7.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £39,000 | £41,000 | +5.1% |
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 | 2023-09-24 | 2024-09-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | -66.7% | |
| Net margin | -9.5% | -78.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | -159.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 0.54x | |
| Interest cover | 0.32x | -6.35x |
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 101 (UK-adopted IFRS)
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have performed a going concern assessment which indicates that, in both the base and reasonably possible downsides, the Company will require additional funds, through funding from its intermediate parent company, Stonegate Pub Company Limited to meet its liabilities as they fall due during 12 month period from the date of signing these financial statements, the going concern assessment period. Stonegate Pub Company Limited has indicated its intention to continue to make available such funds as are needed by the Company, and that it does not intend to seek repayment of the amounts currently due to the Group, which at 29 September 2024 amounted to £41,567,000, during the going concern assessment period. As with any company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the directors acknowledge that there can be no certainty that this support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do so. Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During the period the Company transferred one site (2023: one site) to a company within the Group, the Group headed by Stonegate Pub Company Pikco Holdings and all of its subsidiaries. The Company also disposed of one site outside of the Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCDOWALL, David | Director | 2023-02-24 | Sep 1978 | British |
| ROSS, David Andrew | Director | 2014-05-16 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-06-27 | 2008-03-26 |
| FORVIS MAZARS COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-05-15 | 2024-09-16 |
| SNR DENTON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-03-26 | 2008-04-25 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1920-06-27 | 2007-06-27 |
| BAKER, Suzanne Louise | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2024-03-14 |
| KEEN, Christian | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2012-01-13 |
| LONGBOTTOM, Simon David | Director | 2015-01-31 | 2023-02-24 |
| PAYNE, Ian Timothy | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2010-12-01 |
| SMITH, Toby Coultas | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2014-09-26 |
| SYMONDS, Paul | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2010-02-28 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1920-06-27 | 2007-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Restaurant Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 223 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-27 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-08-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months