THE CLAY OVEN GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£2.6m
+3.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.4m
-3.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
86
-6.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£151k
+42.7% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,751,827 | £6,124,889 | £6,200,480 | +1.2% | |
| Operating profit | £362,928 | £467,048 | £367,047 | -21.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £39,872 | -£262,892 | -£150,711 | +42.7% | |
| Net profit | -£193,399 | -£290,410 | -£292,869 | -0.8% | |
| Cash | £2,433,522 | £2,468,083 | £2,560,058 | +3.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,804,882 | £22,008,110 | £21,457,093 | -2.5% | |
| Net assets | £7,991,549 | £7,701,139 | £7,408,270 | -3.8% | |
| Equity | £7,991,549 | £7,701,139 | £7,408,270 | -3.8% | |
| Average employees | 77 | 92 | 86 | -6.5% | |
| Wages | £2,023,665 | £2,031,464 | £2,149,981 | +5.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £99,250 | £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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 7.6% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | -3.4% | -4.7% | -4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.4% | 68.9% | 69.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.69x | 1.99x | 2.07x | |
| Interest cover | 1.10x | 0.63x | 0.63x |
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
- Prestons
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE CLAY OVEN GROUP LIMITED · parent
- THE CLAY OVEN UK LIMITED 100%
- DENHAM GROVE HOTEL LIMITED 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHANNA, Neal | Director | 2017-03-10 | Mar 1979 | British |
| KHANNA, Veena | Director | 2017-03-10 | Dec 1949 | British |
| KHANNA, Vinod Kumar | Director | 2017-03-10 | Aug 1948 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Vinod Kumar Khanna | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-03-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-01-03 | RT01 | restoration | Administrative restoration company | |
| 2023-11-21 | GAZ2 | gazette | Gazette dissolved compulsory | |
| 2023-09-05 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-21 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-11-22 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-09-13 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-09 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-05-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.