KINGSTON RESTAURANTS LIMITED
Company number 03427721 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Kingston Restaurants Limited demonstrates financial resilience that places it firmly in the upper quartile of UK QSR franchise operators, having maintained profitability and strengthened its balance sheet during the most challenging trading environment in the sector's modern history. The company's disciplined deleveraging, substantial cash reserves, and strategic capital investment in digital and Drive-Thru capabilities position it well for the sector's accelerating structural shift toward convenience-led formats. However, ongoing margin compression from delivery channel costs, wage inflation, and franchise dependency warrants continued monitoring, particularly as government support measures unwind and the true post-pandemic trading normal emerges.
Shareholders' funds
£4,522,575
Balance sheet as at 2020-12-31
What it does
operation of quick service restaurants
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1997-09-02
- Employees
- 1283 (2020 accounts · was 1450 in 2019)
- Registered office
- 39/41 Jameson Street, Kingston Upon Hull, Humberside, HU1 3JA
- Postcode
- HU1 3JA
- Capital
- 430,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-07
- Next due by
- 2027-09-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 56102 Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Officers 3 current · 16 resigned
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2020 (period to 2020-04-05).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5023383 (Tier 3), registered since 2000.
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Gender pay gap
0.08%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top 10% for parity
Contact details
- Website
- kingston-restaurants.com
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FCB 1259 LIMITED | 1997-11-19 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 4 JOHN CARPENTER STREET, LONDON, EC4Y 0NH | 1997-12-29 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 88 similar companies in HU
The largest employer among its local peers (1283 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1997.
No.1 of the largest unlicenced restaurants and cafes companies in Hull →
Competitors Hull
This company ranks 1 among unlicenced restaurants and cafes in Hull.
The class of 1997
43%
of the 50,527 companies incorporated in 1997 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 9 titles
- Leasehold
- 9
- Most recent registration
- 2023-03-23
- Where
- City Of Kingston Upon Hull (8), East Riding Of Yorkshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HS409782 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Leasehold | 2023-03-23 | — |
| HS411165 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Leasehold | 2023-03-23 | — |
| HS399100 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Leasehold | 2020-01-31 | — |
| HS392196 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Leasehold | 2018-07-06 | — |
| HS390948 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Leasehold | 2018-03-15 | — |
| YEA85992 | East Riding Of Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2018-01-10 | — |
| HS384077 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Leasehold | 2016-06-07 | — |
| HS343275 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Leasehold | 2008-02-20 | — |
| HS343186 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Leasehold | 2008-02-14 | — |
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