LEMON PEPPER HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£5.3m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£29m
highest in 6 filed years
Employees
2,941
highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£24m
Period ending 2025-12-28
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Our short-form breakdown of LEMON PEPPER HOLDINGS LIMITED's latest filing
Wingstop's UK master franchisee is expanding fast. Lemon Pepper Holdings pulled in £216m this year and just got a private equity backer to keep the chicken coming. 🍗
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-27 | 2023-03-26 | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,588,774 | £21,370,720 | £38,181,049 | £84,658,766 | £125,026,523 | £216,388,362 | — | |
| Operating profit | £432,575 | £221,118 | -£1,509,309 | £4,094,046 | £13,739,708 | £24,254,049 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £183,505 | -£183,982 | -£2,031,328 | £3,567,799 | £13,192,052 | £23,522,393 | — | |
| Net profit | £183,505 | -£183,982 | -£2,031,328 | £3,567,799 | £9,317,129 | £19,896,935 | — | |
| Cash | £997,459 | £1,509,714 | £3,417,775 | £7,208,855 | £17,258,502 | £5,254,085 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,069,630 | £7,439,352 | £9,048,441 | £16,851,252 | £17,867,782 | £35,566,453 | — | |
| Net assets | -£1,904,192 | -£2,088,174 | -£4,119,502 | -£551,703 | £8,765,426 | £28,662,361 | — | |
| Equity | -£1,904,192 | -£2,088,174 | -£4,119,502 | -£551,703 | £8,765,426 | £28,662,361 | — | |
| Average employees | 131 | 417 | 725 | 1,230 | 2,216 | 2,941 | — | |
| Wages | £2,239,345 | £6,263,176 | £9,921,000 | £19,774,161 | £28,847,815 | £51,526,087 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £188,333 | £230,208 | £248,959 | £543,125 | £512,864 | £485,238 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | — | £450 | £12,842 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £183,125 | £135,689 | £252,540 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 9 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-27 | 2023-03-26 | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 1.0% | -4.0% | 4.8% | 11.0% | 11.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | -0.9% | -5.3% | 4.2% | 7.5% | 9.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.6% | 3.0% | -16.7% | 24.3% | 76.9% | 68.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 135.5% | 120.1% | 123.3% | 101.7% | 84.0% | 63.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.90x | 0.72x | 0.71x | |
| Interest cover | 1.74x | 0.55x | -2.89x | 7.78x | 25.09x | 33.15x |
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
- HW Fisher Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have assessed the company's ability to continue as a going concern and are satisfied that it has sufficient resources to do so for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- LEMON PEPPER HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Lemon Pepper Cabot Limited 100%
- Lemon Pepper Oracle Limited 100%
- Lemon Pepper Bullring Limited 100%
- Lemon Pepper Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In January 2025, Sixth Street became majority shareholder of the Group, supporting Wingstop's continued growth across the UK and Ireland.”
- “Subsequent to the year-end, the Group signed a development agreement for exclusive rights to expand the Wingstop brand in Poland.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAMFORD, Patrick | Secretary | 2023-12-13 | — | — |
| BAMFORD, Patrick Charles | Director | 2024-12-12 | Mar 1981 | British |
| FRASER, Alistair John Bradley | Director | 2026-03-12 | May 1983 | British |
| SHERRIFF, Christopher | Director | 2024-12-12 | May 1983 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROGAN, Tom Patrick | Director | 2017-01-30 | 2024-12-12 |
| LEWIN, Saul Henry | Director | 2017-01-30 | 2024-12-12 |
| SAHOTA, Herman Singh | Director | 2017-01-30 | 2024-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemon Pepper Midco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-04-19 | Active |
| Saul Henry Lewin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-01-30 | Ceased 2018-04-19 |
| Tom Patrick Grogan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-01-30 | Ceased 2018-04-19 |
| Herman Singh Sahota | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-01-30 | Ceased 2018-04-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-19 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.