KNBY (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£382K
-15.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£17M
-23.9% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
154
+8.5% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3.4M
-132% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
These conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group and Company's ability to continue as a going concern and, therefore, that the Group and Company may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £12,327,041 | £10,847,776 | £10,852,150 | 0% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£3,094,837 | -£421,464 | -£2,258,222 | -435.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£3,824,083 | -£1,449,281 | -£3,362,300 | -132% | |
| Net profit | -£12,187,226 | £214,438 | -£3,923,969 | -£1,531,190 | -£3,257,675 | -112.8% | |
| Cash | £189,875 | £14,692 | £740,276 | £452,944 | £381,650 | -15.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£6,074,547 | -£9,360,109 | -£1,703,192 | -£4,596,248 | -£10,677,502 | -132.3% | |
| Net assets | -£9,574,547 | -£9,360,109 | -£12,069,739 | -£13,657,382 | -£16,915,057 | -23.9% | |
| Equity | -£9,574,547 | -£9,360,109 | — | — | -£16,915,057 | — | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 123 | 142 | 154 | +8.5% | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,541,605 | £3,344,661 | £3,211,887 | -4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £192,180 | £90,755 | £111,893 | +23.3% |
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 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -25.1% | -3.9% | -20.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -31.8% | -14.1% | -30.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 278.6% | 305.7% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.34x | 0.23x | 0.16x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -4.24x | -0.41x | -2.05x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BKL Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“These conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group and Company's ability to continue as a going concern and, therefore, that the Group and Company may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.”
Group structure
- KNBY (UK) LIMITED · parent
- KNBY LND OP1 Limited 100%
- KNBY LND OP4 Limited 100%
- KNBY LND PR1 Limited 100%
- KNBY LND PR3 Limited 100%
- Folie Restaurant Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year-end, one of the Group's restaurant locations ceased operations. All remaining locations continue to trade as normal.”
- “Furthermore, the Group entered into an arrangement in respect of one of its lease arrangements under which historic balances between certain group entities and the landlord were waived, certain operating assets were transferred to the landlord with continued use retained under licence, and the lease terms were revised to introduce a profit-based rent mechanism.”
- “Additionally, the Company disposed of all of its subsidiary undertakings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHUTOV, Leonid | Secretary | 2015-05-08 | — | — |
| KOFI-SAM, Jeremiah | Director | 2015-05-08 | Nov 1982 | British |
| PAKULA, Sabina | Director | 2023-08-24 | Jul 1983 | Polish |
| SHUTOV, Leonid | Director | 2015-05-08 | May 1967 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Leonid Shutov | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-03 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-13 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2025-11-25 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.