CHIK'N LIMITED

• ◆

  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

• ◆

  2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

• Turnover

  +26.1%

  £7,449,296 → £9,396,391

• Cash

  -1.3%

  £222,818 → £219,958

• Net assets

  -56.6%

  -£13,337,555 → -£20,890,509

  lowest in 5 filed years

• Employees

  +1.4%

  147 → 149

• Operating profit

  -2.4%

  -£4,089,176 → -£4,187,827

• Profit before tax

  -18.7%

  -£6,362,748 → -£7,552,954

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Wages

  +10.3%

  £3,656,847 → £4,034,820

  highest in 3 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

HW Fisher Audit

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In determining whether the company's financial statements can be prepared on a going concern basis, the directors have considered all the factors likely to affect their future development, performance and the financial position. The directors have approved a budget for 2025. Existing loan facilities are provided by a shareholder of the controlling holding company and the lender has confirmed that they will not request repayment of the loan and continue to support the operations of the company for at least 12 months from the signing of these financial statements. Thus, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months following the signing of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis ir preparing these financial statements on the basis of continuing support from the ultimate shareholder.”

Significant events

• “At year-end, the Company operated 6 restaurants (2023: 6) in London and opened a further 2 sites in 2025.”
• “Dave's Hot Chicken opened in December 2024 and Raising Canes and Chik-fil-a announcing imminent arrivals. As these brands arrive with their established brands and positioning, there will be more competition within the fried chicken sector that could impact on our performance.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

13

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.