Byron: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Tristar Foods Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Tristar Foods Holdco Limited. In the year to December 2025 Tristar Foods Limited reported turnover of £11m.
- In the year to December 2025, Byron had turnover of £11m, down 26.2% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £1.5m, losing £14.46 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 182 people, with staff costs of £4m.
- Tristar Foods Limited is controlled by Tristar Foods Holdco Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Tristar Foods Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 15 October 2026.
- Registered name
- TRISTAR FOODS LIMITED
- Company number
- 14536752
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 12 December 2022
- Registered office area
- West-Central London
- Industry code on the register
- 56101: Food and beverage service activities
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 15 October 2026
What does Byron do?
Byron is a burger restaurant chain serving burgers, fries and shakes in sit-down restaurants. It calls itself the home of proper burgers and aims to sit between fast food and full-service dining, with table service and burgers cooked to order. It makes money from dine-in meals and delivery orders. The first restaurant opened in Kensington, London, in 2007, and the brand is now run by Tristar Foods Limited.
In brief: burger restaurants · table service · founded 2007 in London · run by Tristar Foods
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: byron.co.uk.
Who owns Byron?
The Companies House register records Tristar Foods Holdco Limited as the person with significant control of Tristar Foods Limited, company number 14536752. Tristar Foods Holdco Limited is itself company number 14572241.
That places Tristar Foods Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Byron?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for Tristar Foods Limited.
All 3 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Vivek Dave | 6 October 2025 |
| Sumit Arora | 13 January 2026 |
| Hitesh Mediratta | 15 January 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Byron file?
Tristar Foods Limited reported turnover of £11m in the year to December 2025. That was down 26.2% on £14m the year before.
It reported 182 employees. The year before it reported 197.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £1.5m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £0.7m the year before.
Staff costs came to £4m. That is an average of £22,000 a head. It ended the year with £0.3m at the bank and net liabilities of £4m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11m | £14m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£1.5m (filed) | -£0.7m (filed) |
| Employees | 182 | 197 |
| Staff costs | £4m | £5m |
| Average staff cost per head | £22,000 | £26,000 |
| Bank and cash | £0.3m | £0.6m |
| Net assets | -£4m | -£2.0m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against Byron?
Tristar Foods Limited has registered 2 charges at Companies House, of which 2 are still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Both outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Astraea Fund Limited as Security Agent and Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties | 22 October 2025 |
| Pall Mall Secondary Am S.À R.L. as Agent and Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties | 13 January 2023 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Byron compares
Of the 4 burger chains, Byron is 4th on turnover, 4th on profit margin and 4th on growth. GBK keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £-0.52.
| Rank | Burger chains | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Five Guys | £576m | −£7.54 |
| 4th | Byron | £11m | −£14.46 |
| + 2 more burger chains ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Byron files as Tristar Foods Limited, whose person with significant control is Tristar Foods Holdco Limited, with turnover of £11m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Byron
What does Byron do?
Byron is a burger restaurant chain serving burgers, fries and shakes in sit-down restaurants. It calls itself the home of proper burgers and aims to sit between fast food and full-service dining, with table service and burgers cooked to order. It makes money from dine-in meals and delivery orders. The first restaurant opened in Kensington, London, in 2007, and the brand is now run by Tristar Foods Limited.
How does Byron compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Byron is 4th of the 4 companies in our battle of the burger chains, behind Five Guys. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the burger chains →
Who owns Byron?
The Companies House register records Tristar Foods Holdco Limited as the person with significant control of Tristar Foods Limited.
How much does Byron make?
Tristar Foods Limited reported turnover of £11m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £1.5m.
How many people work at Byron?
Tristar Foods Limited reported 182 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Byron?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for Tristar Foods Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Tristar Foods Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 14536752, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Byron: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/byron/. Figures from Companies House filings for TRISTAR FOODS LIMITED (14536752).
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