GRAYSONS HOSPITALITY LIMITED
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Cash
£3.4m
-42.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.8m
+98.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
836
-1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.6m
+63.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,607,793 | £48,760,094 | £55,610,437 | +14% | |
| Operating profit | £232,568 | £1,006,242 | £1,606,389 | +59.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £150,048 | £995,443 | £1,627,818 | +63.5% | |
| Net profit | £216,816 | £943,213 | £1,900,767 | +101.5% | |
| Cash | £1,044,972 | £5,990,543 | £3,445,669 | -42.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,026,031 | £2,039,536 | £3,944,166 | +93.4% | |
| Net assets | £977,757 | £1,920,970 | £3,821,377 | +98.9% | |
| Equity | £977,757 | £1,920,970 | £3,821,377 | +98.9% | |
| Average employees | 647 | 845 | 836 | -1.1% | |
| Wages | £16,051,908 | £20,234,963 | £22,111,374 | +9.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £796,444 | £771,594 | £761,418 | -1.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £27,050 | £29,348 | £22,692 | -22.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £365,919 | £295,868 | £347,391 | +17.4% |
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 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 2.1% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.7% | 49.3% | 40.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.6% | 89.6% | 86.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.77x | 0.82x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | 13.81x | 78.33x | 69.25x |
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
- GRAYSONS HOSPITALITY LIMITED 2013-11-14 → present
- GRAYSONS HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATES LIMITED 2010-11-15 → 2013-11-14
- FOOD R N LIMITED 2010-10-11 → 2010-11-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the group has sufficient resources to enable it to continue operating and to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- GRAYSONS HOSPITALITY LIMITED · parent
- Graysons Venues Limited 100%
- Graysons Limited 100%
- By Word of Mouth Limited 100%
- Word on the Street (UK Events) Limited 100%
- Graysons Restaurants Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group was acquired by Aramark in January 2023 but has the freedom to continue to operate as an independent business as part of the Aramark group.”
- “Exceptional items during the current period relate to redundancy pay or PILON. Exceptional items during the prior period related to restructuring costs and costs directly attributable to the disposal of the share capital of the company to Aramark Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIAH, Shakamal | Secretary | 2023-01-12 | — | — |
| JOHNSON, Carl | Director | 2023-01-12 | Sep 1984 | British |
| MILLIGAN-SMITH, Helen Louise, Mrs. | Director | 2023-01-12 | Oct 1980 | British |
| NICHOLSON, Joanne | Director | 2025-07-21 | Dec 1972 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORLEY, Ronald Martin | Secretary | 2011-09-28 | 2013-07-01 |
| WATSON, Barnaby | Secretary | 2013-07-01 | 2023-01-12 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-10-11 | 2010-10-11 |
| COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur | Director | 2010-10-11 | 2010-10-11 |
| DALY, Ian | Director | 2017-08-15 | 2023-01-12 |
| EDWARDS, Catherine Rowena Elizabeth | Director | 2011-08-25 | 2013-07-01 |
| GRUNDY, Clive William Patrick | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2013-07-01 |
| MACKAY, Francis Henry, Sir | Director | 2011-08-25 | 2026-01-23 |
| MACKAY, Francis Henry, Sir | Director | 2010-10-11 | 2011-08-25 |
| MORLEY, Ronald Martin | Director | 2011-09-28 | 2013-07-01 |
| O'NEILL, Timothy Patrick | Director | 2021-06-01 | 2025-07-21 |
| PERRY, Richard Charles | Director | 2022-08-16 | 2026-06-01 |
| ROESTENBURG, Antony Adriaan | Director | 2011-08-25 | 2011-08-25 |
| ROESTENBURG, Antony Adriaan | Director | 2010-10-11 | 2011-08-25 |
| TERNOFSKY, Friedrich Ludwig Rudolf | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2013-07-01 |
| THOMAS, Nicholas Edward Heale | Director | 2011-08-25 | 2013-07-01 |
| WATSON, Barnaby Hugh Cochrane | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2025-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aramark Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-01-12 | Active |
| Sir Francis Henry Mackay | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2026-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-29 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.