JKS Restaurants: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
JKS Hospitality Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Mr Jyotin Sethi. In the year to March 2025 JKS Hospitality Limited reported turnover of £73m.
- In the year to March 2025, JKS Restaurants had turnover of £73m, down 1.5% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £1.3m, losing £1.81 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 1,100 people, with staff costs of £32m.
- These figures are from JKS Hospitality Limited's group accounts for the year to March 2025, filed at Companies House on 20 March 2026.
- Registered name
- JKS HOSPITALITY LIMITED
- Company number
- 14643727
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 6 February 2023
- Registered office area
- n/d
- Industry code on the register
- 64209: Financial service activities (excl insurance and pension)
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to March 2025, filed 20 March 2026
What does JKS Restaurants do?
JKS Restaurants is a London restaurant group that develops and runs restaurant brands including Gymkhana, Trishna, Hoppers, Brigadiers and BAO. It was founded in 2008 by siblings Jyotin, Karam and Sunaina Sethi. Alongside its own concepts, it backs chefs and founders as a partner in their restaurants, earning from dining, private events and delivery. Its restaurants span Indian, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese and other cuisines.
In brief: restaurant group · Sethi family founders · chef partnerships · London
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 25 September 2026. Official website: jksrestaurants.com.
Who owns JKS Restaurants?
The Companies House register records Mr Jyotin Sethi as the person with significant control of JKS Hospitality Limited, company number 14643727.
The register names an individual, not a company, as its controller.
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 JKS Restaurants?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for JKS Hospitality Limited.
All 3 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Jyotin Sethi | 6 February 2023 |
| Sunaina Gokani | 4 May 2023 |
| Karam Sethi | 4 May 2023 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did JKS Restaurants file?
JKS Hospitality Limited reported turnover of £73m in the year to March 2025. That was down 1.5% on £74m the year before.
It reported 1,100 employees. The year before it reported 978.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £1.3m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £5m the year before.
Staff costs came to £32m. That is an average of £29,000 a head. It ended the year with £3m at the bank and net assets of £8m.
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £73m | £74m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£1.3m (filed) | -£5m (filed) |
| Employees | 1,100 | 978 |
| Staff costs | £32m | £34m |
| Average staff cost per head | £29,000 | £35,000 |
| Bank and cash | £3m | £4m |
| Net assets | £8m | -£21m |
| Interest paid | £4m |
Read the accounts to March 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets · Group accounts
Are there any charges against JKS Restaurants?
JKS Hospitality Limited has registered 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Hsbc Corporate Trustee Company (UK) Limited as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties | 5 February 2026 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How JKS Restaurants compares
Of the 7 London's restaurant groups, JKS Restaurants is 7th on turnover, 6th on profit margin and 5th on growth. Zuma keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £14.74.
| Rank | London's restaurant groups | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | The Ivy Collection | £348m | £11.50 |
| 7th | JKS Restaurants | £73m | −£1.81 |
| + 5 more London's restaurant groups ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
JKS Restaurants files as JKS Hospitality Limited, whose person with significant control is Mr Jyotin Sethi, with turnover of £73m in its latest filed year.
Questions about JKS Restaurants
What does JKS Restaurants do?
JKS Restaurants is a London restaurant group that develops and runs restaurant brands including Gymkhana, Trishna, Hoppers, Brigadiers and BAO. It was founded in 2008 by siblings Jyotin, Karam and Sunaina Sethi. Alongside its own concepts, it backs chefs and founders as a partner in their restaurants, earning from dining, private events and delivery. Its restaurants span Indian, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese and other cuisines.
How does JKS Restaurants compare with its rivals?
By turnover, JKS Restaurants is 7th of the 7 companies in our battle of London's restaurant groups, behind The Ivy Collection. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of London's restaurant groups →
Who owns JKS Restaurants?
The Companies House register records Mr Jyotin Sethi as the person with significant control of JKS Hospitality Limited.
How much does JKS Restaurants make?
JKS Hospitality Limited reported turnover of £73m in the year to March 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £1.3m.
How many people work at JKS Restaurants?
JKS Hospitality Limited reported 1,100 employees in the year to March 2025.
Who runs JKS Restaurants?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for JKS Hospitality Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from JKS Hospitality Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 14643727, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- 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, “JKS Restaurants: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/jks-restaurants/. Figures from Companies House filings for JKS HOSPITALITY LIMITED (14643727).
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