The Wolseley Restaurant Limited
Registered name: THE WOLSELEY RESTAURANT LIMITED
Part of The Wolseley Hospitality Group Holdings Limited groupThe Wolseley Restaurant Limited made £14.9m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
The Wolseley Restaurant Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £14.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £0 profit and 166 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.3m | £14.8m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £7.6m | £7.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £7.2m | £7.1m |
| Operating profit | £604k | £110k | −£203k |
| Profit before tax | £594k | £110k | −£203k |
| Profit after tax | £594k | £110k | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £594k | £110k | £0 |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £4.6m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 158 | 172 | 166 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 0.8% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 46.3% | 48.7% | 48% |
| Revenue per employee | £83.9k | £85.9k | £89.6k |
| Profit per employee | £3.8k | £642 | £0 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.5% | ▲0.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼81.4% | ▼100% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £254k | £235k | £296k |
| Net assets | −£3.3m | −£3.2m | −£3.4m |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £944k | £936k |
| Debtors | £241k | £299k | £197k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £981k | £921k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £0
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- —
- Now −£3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲26%
- Now £296k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 166
- Deferred income
- ▼6%
- Now £921k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Wolseley Hospitality Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Wolseley Hospitality Group Limited75–100%
- The Wolseley Restaurant Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Brasserie Zedel LimitedRev. £13.9m · Profit −£852k
- The Delaunay Restaurant LimitedRev. £9.1m · Profit £78k
- The Colbert Restaurant LimitedRev. £9.1m · Profit £203k
- Fischer's Restaurant LimitedRev. £4.4m · Profit −£315k
- The Bellanger Restaurant LimitedRev. £2.4m · Profit £144k
- The Wolseley Restaurant Property LimitedRev. £1.9m · Profit −£563k
- The Delaunay Property LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit −£45.7k
- Brasserie Zedel Property LimitedRev. £398k · Profit −£291k
- The Wolseley Hospitality Group International LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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