CHOPSTIX STORES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
-£3M
Equity attributable
Employees
316
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
the directors have concluded the Company is no longer a going concern and therefore these accounts have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as described in Note 2.4.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-04-24 | 2023-04-23 | 2024-04-28 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £959,600 | £8,760,817 | £15,763,867 | £13,812,922 | |
| Operating profit | -£568,074 | -£2,180,386 | -£962,030 | £1,126,906 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£962,030 | £1,117,747 | |
| Net profit | -£1,063,034 | -£1,938,099 | -£1,131,773 | £951,364 | |
| Cash | £121,319 | £425,555 | £314,477 | £1,827,475 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£568,073 | -£2,748,459 | -£3,710,489 | -£2,783,440 | |
| Net assets | -£1,063,033 | -£3,001,132 | -£4,132,905 | -£3,181,541 | |
| Equity | -£1,063,033 | -£3,001,132 | -£4,132,905 | -£3,181,541 | |
| Average employees | 36 | 267 | 324 | 316 | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,434,392 | £3,280,523 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2024-04-28
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-04-24 | 2023-04-23 | 2024-04-28 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -59.2% | -24.9% | -6.1% | 8.2% | |
| Net margin | -110.8% | -22.1% | -7.2% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 100.0% | 79.3% | 25.9% | -40.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.18x | 0.29x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 123.04x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“the directors have concluded the Company is no longer a going concern and therefore these accounts have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as described in Note 2.4.”
Group structure
- CHOPSTIX STORES LIMITED · parent
- Chopstix Roadside Limited 100%
- Chopstix Bracknell Limited 100%
- Chopstix Braehead Limited 100%
- Chopstix Brent Cross Limited 100%
- Chopstix Canterbury Limited 100%
- Chopstix Canary Wharf Ltd 100%
- Chopstix Croydon Limited 100%
- Chopstix Exeter Limited 100%
- Chopstix Livingston Limited 100%
- Chopstix Middlebrook Limited 100%
- Chopstix Newcastle Limited 100%
- Chopstix Noodle Bar Leicester Ltd. 100%
- Chopstix Norwich GW Limited 100%
- Chopstix Swansea Limited 100%
- Chopstix Basingstoke Limited 100%
- Chopstix Victoria Limited 100%
- Chopstix Bristol Broadmead Limited 100%
- Chopstix O2 Centre Limited 100%
- Chopstix Basildon Limited 100%
- Chopstix Portsmouth Limited 100%
- Chopstix Ipswich Limited 100%
- Chopstix Whiterose Limited 100%
- Chopstix Briggate Limited 100%
- Chopstix Edinburgh Limited 100%
- Chopstix Bath Limited 100%
- Chopstix Rushden Lakes Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end, the directors have made the decision to simplify the company structure. This involves the consolidation of the activities of all sites into one single trading entity. This includes the dissolution of almost all SPV subsidiaries through the reassignment of the leases from the specific SPV entity into Chopstix Restaurant Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELIA, Bassam | Director | 2021-06-02 | Nov 1965 | British |
| SADIK, Menashe | Director | 2021-06-02 | Nov 1971 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chopstix Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-06-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 14 of 14 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-04-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2021-06-02 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.