WIMPY RESTAURANTS GROUP LIMITED
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Executive summary
Wimpy Restaurants Group operates as a heritage brand within the highly competitive UK QSR and casual dining sector, functioning as the UK subsidiary of the South African conglomerate Famous Brands. While the company maintains significant scale—evidenced by its requirement to file full accounts—it occupies a niche market position vulnerable to margin compression from labour inflation and consumer downtrading. Its hybrid model of licensed dining and takeaway provides resilience, but long-term competitiveness depends on brand modernisation and operational efficiency to counter the dominance of larger, asset-light global chains.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1990-01-10
- Registered office
- 2 The Listons, Liston Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1FD
- Postcode
- SL7 1FD
- Capital
- 84,933 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-02-28
- Next due by
- 2027-11-30
- Financial year end
- 29 February
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-10
- Next due by
- 2027-01-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 56101 Licenced restaurants
- 56102 Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
- 56103 Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Officers 3 current · 23 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by FAMOUS BRANDS UK LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6958244 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.
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Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FORGECITY LIMITED | 1990-04-20 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 10 NORWICH STREET, LONDON, EC4A 1BD | 1990-04-27 |
| 2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6UB | 1990-02-08 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 270 similar companies in SL, trading since 1990
The class of 1990
50%
of the 20,398 companies incorporated in 1990 are still active today; 45% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2015-04-24
- Where
- Buckinghamshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM396665 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2015-04-24 | — |
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