Guys Eating Establishments Limited
Registered name: GUYS EATING ESTABLISHMENTS LIMITED
Part of Thatched Hamlet Limited groupGuys Eating Establishments Limited made £5.1m revenue and a £186k loss in the year to 30 Jul 2023.
Guys Eating Establishments Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £5.1m in the year to 30 Jul 2023, with a loss of £186k and 114 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Preston; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1980
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jul 2022 | 30 Jul 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.6m | £5.1m |
| Cost of sales | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £241k | −£144k |
| Profit before tax | £172k | −£250k |
| Profit after tax | £127k | −£186k |
| Profit (best available) | £127k | −£186k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 113 | 114 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | −3.7% |
| Gross margin | 70.2% | 65.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £49.7k | £44.4k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | −£1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼245.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £449k | £6k |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £1.4k | £9.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £44.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 105.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼8%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £6k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 114
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £5.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Thatched Hamlet Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Guys Eating Establishments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jul 2023 (profit −£186k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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