PORTOBELLO STARBOARD LIMITED
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Cash
£2.9M
+92.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£6.2M
-48% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
547
-19% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
+87.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The group has made a loss of £2,023,990 (2024: £16,460,929 loss) and has net current liabilities at the balance sheet date of £29,409,263 (2024: £29,045,049) of which £26,411,006 are loans owed to shareholders (2024: £23,021,536) and therefore it is reliant on the continued support of the shareholders.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,177,490 | £28,968,203 | £32,783,868 | +13.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£631,132 | -£13,500,820 | £1,061,643 | +107.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,554,703 | -£16,460,929 | -£2,023,990 | +87.7% | |
| Net profit | -£3,554,703 | -£16,460,929 | -£2,023,990 | +87.7% | |
| Cash | £2,709,699 | £1,503,453 | £2,900,560 | +92.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,311,724 | £31,804,579 | £26,164,260 | -17.7% | |
| Net assets | £12,245,672 | -£4,215,257 | -£6,239,247 | -48% | |
| Equity | £12,245,672 | -£4,215,257 | -£6,239,247 | -48% | |
| Average employees | 378 | 675 | 547 | -19% | |
| Wages | £6,795,805 | £10,292,059 | £11,703,419 | +13.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £327,997 | £423,282 | £544,519 | +28.6% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.5% | -46.6% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | -19.6% | -56.8% | -6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.7% | -42.4% | 4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.0% | 106.6% | 110.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.21x | 0.10x | 0.13x | |
| Interest cover | -0.22x | -4.56x | 0.34x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The group has made a loss of £2,023,990 (2024: £16,460,929 loss) and has net current liabilities at the balance sheet date of £29,409,263 (2024: £29,045,049) of which £26,411,006 are loans owed to shareholders (2024: £23,021,536) and therefore it is reliant on the continued support of the shareholders.”
Group structure
- PORTOBELLO STARBOARD LIMITED · parent
- Darwin & Wallace Limited 100%
- Portobello Pub Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group sub-let John the Unicorn (Peckham) in November 2025.”
- “On 24 December 2025, the Company extended the terms of its existing facility with OakNorth and converted £13.6 million of ZSSF II RA Holdings S.A.R.L's loan into equity, with a nominal value of £1 per share.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURY, Witold | Director | 2025-08-11 | Dec 1987 | Polish |
| CROWTHER, Mark Nicholas | Director | 2021-12-22 | Mar 1968 | British |
| FOWLE, Adam Peter | Director | 2025-04-28 | Jan 1959 | British |
| GODDARD, Malcolm Ian | Director | 2021-09-22 | May 1963 | British |
| STRINGER, Richard Peter | Director | 2021-12-22 | Apr 1970 | British |
| VACHHANI, Mayuri Kantilal | Director | 2024-07-02 | Jul 1970 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYWARD, Sharon Elizabeth | Director | 2021-12-22 | 2024-07-02 |
| LIMNIOS, Stratis Nicolas | Director | 2021-12-22 | 2025-08-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ahmed Hassan Hamdani | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-13 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-09 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-09-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-01 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.