The Firmwatch take
Elmbank Lease Limited is a 20-year-old food and drink, active on the Companies House register. The latest filed accounts (year to 31 December 2024) show GBP 866k in net assets, with 2 cautionary signals worth monitoring. No insolvency or strike-off filings appear in our public Companies House and Gazette data.
Refreshed 24 May 2026
Incorporated
20 April 2006
20 years on the register
Sector
Licensed restaurants
SIC 56101
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£866k
Top 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Insolvency risk
Elevated insolvency risk
The latest public accounts show financial pressure that should be reviewed before relying on the company as a customer, supplier or counterparty.
Negative working capital
Short-term liabilities are higher than short-term assets in the public balance sheet.
Weak current ratio
Current assets are less than 75% of current liabilities.
Sector benchmark · Food and Drink
How this company compares in 75,482 filers in this sector
Top 10% in sector — Elmbank Lease Limited shows £866k in net assets. Sector median is £802.
Sector medians are computed annually across all UK companies in this broad sector. Position is approximate — see the Money tab for the full balance sheet.
Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
£866k
Top 10% in sector · sector median £802 · 75,482 filers in this sector
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
−£1.3m
Median £991
Current ratio
0.2×
Median 0.8×
Signals · 3
Positive net assets
The latest filed accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
Negative working capital
Current liabilities exceed current assets in the extracted accounts.
Current ratio below 1.0
Current assets are lower than current liabilities in the extracted accounts.
People
Who runs this company
- NO
NORMAN, Oliver James
director · since 2006
Registered office
Address intelligence
14 other companies registered here.
Common for accountants' offices and small business centres.
Address pattern · G1 1HL
14 other UK companies registered here — all still trading.
Active
14
Dissolved
0
Strike-off action
0
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