BRIO (COLTON) LIMITED
Company number 07792593 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Brio (Colton) Limited exemplifies the post-pandemic challenge facing many UK independent restaurants: a business that was technically insolvent before COVID, received a temporary balance sheet boost from government support, and is now gradually eroding back towards financial vulnerability. While the elimination of bank debt and a return to positive equity represent improvements on the pre-COVID position, the sustained decline in both cash reserves and net assets since 2021 signals underlying trading pressures — likely driven by sector-wide cost inflation in labour, food, and energy. The critical concern is whether the current cash runway (£86,908 declining at approximately £40k-50k annually) provides sufficient time to stabilise trading performance before the business faces another period of balance sheet stress.
Shareholders' funds
£49,325
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company during the year under review was that of a licensed restaurant, bar and deli.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2011-09-30
- Employees
- 27 (2025 accounts · was 25 in 2024)
- Registered office
- FRANCO'S AT THORPE PARK, 4600 Park Approach, Thorpe Park, Leeds, LS15 8GB
- Postcode
- LS15 8GB
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-16
- Next due by
- 2027-08-30
Nature of business (SIC)
- 56101 Licenced restaurants
- 56103 Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Officers 2 current · 5 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O BRIO RESTAURANT, 4600 CENTURY WAY, THORPE PARK COLTON, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS15 8ZB, ENGLAND | 2012-10-17 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 324 similar companies in LS
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (27 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2011.
Competitors Leeds
This company ranks 68 among licenced restaurants in Leeds.
The class of 2011
13%
of the 3,610 companies in this sector incorporated in 2011 are still active today; 83% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.