The Colbert Restaurant Limited
Registered name: THE COLBERT RESTAURANT LIMITED
Part of The Wolseley Hospitality Group Holdings Limited groupThe Colbert Restaurant Limited made £9.1m revenue and £203k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Colbert Restaurant Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £9.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £203k profit and 102 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2011
- 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.6m | £8.5m | £8.6m | £9.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £4.3m | £4.5m | −£4.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £4.2m | £4.1m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £442k | −£463k | −£695k | £140k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£695k | £177k |
| Profit after tax | £466k | −£472k | −£653k | £203k |
| Profit (best available) | £466k | −£472k | −£653k | £203k |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 101 | 107 | 102 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | −5.6% | −7.6% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 48.2% | 49.6% | 48.1% | 48.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £75.1k | £84k | £80.5k | £88.9k |
| Profit per employee | £4.6k | −£4.7k | −£6.1k | £2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▲1.5% | ▲5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼201.3% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲5.9% | ▼4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £206k | £159k | £326k | — |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £807k | £154k | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.2m | £860k | — |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m | — |
| Debtors | £111k | £162k | £97.5k | — |
| Deferred income | £436k | £473k | £461k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £88.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 102
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Wolseley Hospitality Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Wolseley Hospitality Group Limited75–100%
- The Colbert Restaurant Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- The Wolseley Restaurant LimitedRev. £14.9m · Profit £0
- Brasserie Zedel LimitedRev. £13.9m · Profit −£852k
- The Delaunay Restaurant LimitedRev. £9.1m · Profit £78k
- 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £203k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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