{"name":"BETTER FISH LIMITED","company_number":"00776440","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1963-10-07","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"5 Cliffe Terrace, Wetherby, England, LS22 6LX","postcode":"LS22 6LX","sic_codes":[{"code":56101,"description":"Licenced restaurants"},{"code":56103,"description":"Take-away food shops and mobile food stands"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company during the year was the sale of take-away food and provision of restaurant meals.","previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 October","last_made_up_to":"2025-10-31","next_due":"2027-07-31"},"employees":{"count":262,"accounts_date":"2025-10-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-10-31","profit_loss":606955,"net_assets":8782681,"cash":2249995,"average_employees":262},{"financial_date":"2024-10-31","profit_loss":1666366,"net_assets":8675726,"cash":2771161,"average_employees":254},{"financial_date":"2020-10-31","net_assets":6471844,"cash":1179122},{"financial_date":"2019-10-31","net_assets":5941433,"cash":1181185}],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":1,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":8,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/better-fish","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/better-fish/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/better-fish/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00776440","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/better-fish/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/better-fish/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/better-fish/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/better-fish/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/better-fish"}