Flat Iron: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Flat Iron Steak Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Fi Holdings Ltd. In the year to August 2025 Flat Iron Steak Limited reported turnover of £70m.
- In the year to August 2025, Flat Iron had turnover of £70m, up 40.4% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £8m, keeping £10.87 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 910 people, with staff costs of £24m.
- Flat Iron Steak Limited is controlled by Fi Holdings Ltd, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Flat Iron Steak Limited's accounts for the year to August 2025, filed at Companies House on 5 June 2026.
- Registered name
- FLAT IRON STEAK LIMITED
- Company number
- 08177784
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 13 August 2012
- Registered office area
- West 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 August 2025, filed 5 June 2026
What does Flat Iron do?
Flat Iron is a chain of steak restaurants that serves a flat iron steak at an affordable set price, alongside other cuts and sides. It started in 2012 in Shoreditch, London. It butchers much of its beef itself, using lesser-known cuts to keep prices down, and it holds a three-star rating from the Sustainable Restaurant Association.
In brief: steak restaurant chain · affordable steak · own butchery · started in London
Source: Flat Iron's own website, retrieved 24 September 2026.
Who owns Flat Iron?
The Companies House register records Fi Holdings Ltd as the person with significant control of Flat Iron Steak Limited, company number 08177784. Fi Holdings Ltd is itself company number 10628677.
That places Flat Iron Steak 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 Flat Iron?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for Flat Iron Steak Limited.
All 2 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Thomas Francis Edmund Byng | 28 January 2021 |
| Simon Atwell Boston | 16 May 2023 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Flat Iron file?
Flat Iron Steak Limited reported turnover of £70m in the year to August 2025. That was up 40.4% on £50m the year before.
It reported 910 employees. The year before it reported 722.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £8m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £3m the year before.
Staff costs came to £24m. That is an average of £27,000 a head. It ended the year with £11m at the bank and net assets of £9m.
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £70m | £50m |
| Pre-tax profit | £8m (filed) | £3m (filed) |
| Employees | 910 | 722 |
| Staff costs | £24m | £18m |
| Average staff cost per head | £27,000 | £25,000 |
| Bank and cash | £11m | £4m |
| Net assets | £9m | £3m |
| Interest paid | £0.4m | |
| Interest received | £0k | |
| Directors' pay | £0.5m |
Read the accounts to August 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 Flat Iron?
Flat Iron Steak Limited has registered 12 charges at Companies House, of which 1 is 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.
The outstanding charge
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Oaknorth Bank PLC | 3 October 2025 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Flat Iron compares
Of the 4 steak restaurants, Flat Iron is 1st on turnover, 2nd on profit margin and 1st on growth. Hawksmoor keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £19.42.
| Rank | Steak restaurants | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Flat Iron | £70m | £10.87 |
| 2nd | Blacklock | £25m | £4.66 |
| + 2 more steak restaurants ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Flat Iron files as Flat Iron Steak Limited, whose person with significant control is Fi Holdings Ltd, with turnover of £70m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Flat Iron
What does Flat Iron do?
Flat Iron is a chain of steak restaurants that serves a flat iron steak at an affordable set price, alongside other cuts and sides. It started in 2012 in Shoreditch, London. It butchers much of its beef itself, using lesser-known cuts to keep prices down, and it holds a three-star rating from the Sustainable Restaurant Association.
How does Flat Iron compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Flat Iron is 1st of the 4 companies in our battle of the steak restaurants, ahead of Blacklock. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the steak restaurants →
Who owns Flat Iron?
The Companies House register records Fi Holdings Ltd as the person with significant control of Flat Iron Steak Limited.
How much does Flat Iron make?
Flat Iron Steak Limited reported turnover of £70m in the year to August 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £8m.
How many people work at Flat Iron?
Flat Iron Steak Limited reported 910 employees in the year to August 2025.
Who runs Flat Iron?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for Flat Iron Steak Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Flat Iron Steak Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 08177784, 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, “Flat Iron: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/flat-iron/. Figures from Companies House filings for FLAT IRON STEAK LIMITED (08177784).
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