COBRA COFFEE LIMITED
Company number 08549511 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Cobra Coffee Limited presents an elevated credit risk profile. The company is expanding rapidly but funding growth primarily through debt, resulting in net current liabilities exceeding £1m and a 56% decline in equity to just £127,732. The cross-guarantee with associated company Cobra Restaurants Ltd creates additional contagion risk. While the business remains operational with HSBC support, any credit facility would require significant security, strict covenants, and enhanced monitoring given the thin equity cushion and deteriorating liquidity position.
Shareholders' funds
£127,732
Balance sheet as at 2017-11-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2013-05-30
- Employees
- 194 (2017 accounts · was 140 in 2016)
- Registered office
- 1000 Lakeside Western Road, Portsmouth, England, PO6 3FE
- Postcode
- PO6 3FE
- Capital
- 50 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-01-31
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-09
- Next due by
- 2027-02-23
Nature of business (SIC)
- 56102 Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Officers 3 current · 6 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2025-01-31).
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA200869 (Tier 2), registered since 2016.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
2.73%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BLUEFISH HOUSE 46 HIGH STREET, HURSTPIERPOINT, WEST SUSSEX, BN6 9RG | 2018-11-06 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 221 similar companies in PO
3rd largest employer among its local peers (194 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2013.
No.13 of the largest unlicenced restaurants and cafes companies in Portsmouth →
Competitors Portsmouth
This company ranks 13 among unlicenced restaurants and cafes in Portsmouth.
The class of 2013
17%
of the 2,475 companies in this sector incorporated in 2013 are still active today; 78% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 69 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 67
- Most recent registration
- 2026-02-20
- Price paid, where recorded
- £2,041,226
- Where
- Kent (12), West Sussex (8), Brighton And Hove (6)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL170693 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2026-02-20 | — |
| GR492538 | South Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2025-08-29 | — |
| TT183172 | Kent | Leasehold | 2025-08-21 | — |
| TT182748 | Kent | Leasehold | 2025-08-06 | — |
| WSX457793 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2025-05-08 | — |
| DN777625 | Devon | Leasehold | 2025-04-01 | — |
| HP893604 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2025-03-13 | — |
| GR487298 | South Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2024-12-20 | — |
| ESX436406 | Brighton And Hove | Leasehold | 2024-12-03 | — |
| WT479534 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2024-10-16 | — |
| WSX448829 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2024-08-14 | — |
| TT170774 | Kent | Leasehold | 2024-08-02 | — |
| CL308274 | Cornwall | Leasehold | 2024-04-02 | — |
| ESX431670 | Brighton And Hove | Leasehold | 2024-03-18 | — |
| BL166562 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2024-03-06 | — |
| DN744088 | City Of Plymouth | Leasehold | 2024-02-16 | — |
| TT164368 | Kent | Leasehold | 2024-02-01 | — |
| SGL846488 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2023-12-05 | — |
| DT478318 | Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole | Leasehold | 2023-09-28 | — |
| WSX442920 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2023-09-28 | — |
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