BETTER FISH LIMITED
Company number 00776440 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Better Fish Limited demonstrates exceptional financial performance relative to UK hospitality sector benchmarks, with gross margins of 72% and net margins of 15.7% significantly exceeding typical industry ranges of 55-65% and 8-15% respectively. The company's near-zero debt position against £6.47m net assets provides a balance sheet strength rarely seen in the casual dining sector, while the successful pivot to takeaway and drive-through formats during COVID-19 evidences operational agility. The principal strategic considerations centre on geographic concentration risk across six Yorkshire sites and the capital intensity of the freehold-heavy property model, though these characteristics also underpin the company's competitive resilience and premium positioning within the regional fish and chip market.
Shareholders' funds
£8,782,681
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company during the year was the sale of take-away food and provision of restaurant meals.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1963-10-07
- Employees
- 262 (2025 accounts · was 254 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 5 Cliffe Terrace, Wetherby, England, LS22 6LX
- Postcode
- LS22 6LX
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-24
- Next due by
- 2027-04-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 56101 Licenced restaurants
- 56103 Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Officers 3 current · 1 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA686116 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 6 CLIFFE TERRACE, WETHERBY, LS22 6LX, ENGLAND | 2020-10-29 |
| C/O BHP, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, FIRST FLOOR, MAYESBROOK HOUSE LAWNSWOOD BUSINESS PARK, REDVERS CLOSE, LEEDS, LS16 6QY, ENGLAND | 2020-03-26 |
| STANTONS 4 WESTGARTH, LINTON, WETHERBY, LS22 4BF | 2015-04-24 |
| HILLCREST HOUSE, TITHE BARN LANE, BARDSEY, LEEDS LS17 9DX | 1994-07-29 |
| 6 CHURCH LANE, CROSSGATES, LEEDS 15, WEST YORKSHIRE LS15 8BD | 1990-12-20 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 324 similar companies in LS
2nd largest employer among its local peers (262 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1963.
No.1 of the largest licenced restaurants companies in Leeds →
Competitors Leeds
This company ranks 1 among licenced restaurants in Leeds.
Property in England & Wales 10 titles
- Freehold
- 5
- Leasehold
- 5
- Most recent registration
- 2020-11-06
- Price paid, where recorded
- £349,950
- Where
- West Yorkshire (8), North Yorkshire (1), York (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK73408 | North Yorkshire | Freehold | 2020-11-06 | £210,000 |
| YY116633 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2019-02-06 | — |
| YY92163 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2017-10-18 | — |
| YY27172 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2013-12-10 | — |
| YY26516 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2013-11-26 | — |
| WYK905531 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2009-06-18 | — |
| WYK873515 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2008-03-04 | — |
| YWE69074 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2005-05-04 | £139,950 |
| WYK661762 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 1999-12-14 | — |
| NYK202233 | York | Leasehold | 1998-03-30 | — |
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