HGM RESTAURANTS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
-10.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£466k
-38.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
387
-2.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£258k
+887.2% first positive since 2022
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 | — | £12,288,290 | £15,116,089 | £16,215,194 | £16,004,561 | £17,394,768 | +8.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,050,355 | -£68,660 | £123,274 | £89,196 | £299,054 | +235.3% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,016,845 | -£121,769 | £36,093 | £26,130 | £257,964 | +887.2% | |
| Net profit | — | £802,097 | -£113,367 | £26,160 | £24,985 | £200,791 | +703.6% | |
| Cash | £892,423 | £1,603,598 | £1,972,167 | £1,701,722 | £1,368,093 | £1,218,398 | -10.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,122,169 | £3,523,546 | £2,916,044 | £2,505,120 | £1,490,675 | £1,632,643 | +9.5% | |
| Net assets | £634,195 | £1,395,592 | £1,241,525 | £1,225,085 | £760,041 | £465,667 | -38.7% | |
| Equity | £634,195 | £1,395,592 | £1,241,525 | £1,225,085 | £760,041 | £465,667 | -38.7% | |
| Average employees | 238 | 380 | 431 | 435 | 398 | 387 | -2.8% | |
| Wages | — | £2,748,533 | £4,185,264 | £4,571,373 | £4,344,959 | £4,733,535 | +8.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £8,795 | £13,257 | £13,112 | £76,042 | £75,601 | -0.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £114,083 | £60,000 | £60,000 | 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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 8.5% | -0.5% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 6.5% | -0.7% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 29.8% | -2.4% | 4.9% | 6.0% | 18.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.4% | 63.0% | 67.7% | 72.2% | 78.1% | 88.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.09x | 0.79x | 0.60x | |
| Interest cover | — | 31.34x | -1.29x | 1.41x | 1.41x | 7.28x |
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
- Griffiths Marshall
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Acquisition of a new store during September 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GORDON, Donald Kerr | Director | 2014-12-16 | Feb 1965 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Donald Kerr Gordon | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-11-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-11-23 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-27 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-01-25 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2022-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-11-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-11-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.