46 BERKELEY SQUARE LTD
Part of Richard Caring's Mark Birley Holdings group, this entity operates the luxury private members' club Annabel's located in Mayfair, London.
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Cash
£881k
+529.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£35m
+50.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
384
-3.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£14m
+12.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-04
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-01-05 | 2026-01-04 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £52,275,000 | £55,581,000 | £53,057,000 | -4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £4,479,000 | £12,647,000 | £14,170,000 | +12% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,369,000 | £12,424,000 | £13,967,000 | +12.4% | |
| Net profit | £3,569,000 | £12,999,000 | £11,839,000 | -8.9% | |
| Cash | £872,000 | £140,000 | £881,000 | +529.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £49,694,000 | £49,390,000 | £57,466,000 | +16.4% | |
| Net assets | £10,437,000 | £23,436,000 | £35,275,000 | +50.5% | |
| Equity | £10,437,000 | £23,436,000 | £35,275,000 | +50.5% | |
| Average employees | 440 | 397 | 384 | -3.3% | |
| Wages | £15,442,000 | £17,443,000 | £15,355,000 | -12% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | £0 | £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 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-01-05 | 2026-01-04 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 22.8% | 26.7% | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 23.4% | 22.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.0% | 25.6% | 24.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.4% | 72.1% | 60.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.54x | 0.62x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | 40.72x | 56.71x | 69.80x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having assessed the financial forecasts and possible mitigating actions, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the next 12 months from the date of approval of these accounts Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements”
Group structure
- 46 BERKELEY SQUARE LTD · parent
- Annabel's Cigar Shop Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, there was agreement in principle for the sale of a controlling interest in the group of which the company is a part of to DIAFA, an Abu Dhabi based luxury and hospitality investment group”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARING, Richard Allan | Director | 2015-03-18 | Jun 1948 | British |
| JONES, George Mark Randle | Director | 2026-08-18 | Feb 1980 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWRENCE, James Wyndham Stuart | Secretary | 2015-03-18 | 2019-10-04 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher John | Secretary | 2022-12-15 | 2026-08-18 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher | Secretary | 2019-10-04 | 2022-08-16 |
| AFZAL, Humera | Director | 2022-08-16 | 2022-12-13 |
| CARING, Patricia | Director | 2022-07-04 | 2026-08-18 |
| NEWELL, Lilly | Director | 2016-10-18 | 2020-09-23 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher John | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2026-08-18 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher John | Director | 2020-01-20 | 2022-08-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Birley Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-24 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2026-07-23 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2026-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.