Bought a few of these yesterday on the back of an excelent AGM report. The owner of CPH is the chap who was behind the success of Pizza Express so I would tend to think he knows what he is doing.

The company as already bought two high street brand names and is looking for a third. Highly speculative of course but I tend to think with this guys track record the reward will outweigh the risk.

Heres the AGM statement....................

The Clapham House Group PLC
07 September 2004



The Clapham House Group PLC
7 September 2004


AGM Statement


At today's Annual General Meeting, David Page, Chairman of The Clapham House
Group PLC ('the Company' or 'Clapham House'), will make the following comments
on the Company's trading and prospects :


'Since their respective acquisitions, The Real Greek and The Bombay Bicycle Club
have been successfully integrated into Clapham House and both businesses are
currently trading ahead of our expectations.


The Real Greek

A new Real Greek Souvlaki & Bar opened in a premium location on London's South
Bank in the first week of July 2004 and has traded excellently in its initial
weeks. Encouraged by this success, we are currently negotiating on a number of
further properties for The Real Greek.


The Bombay Bicycle Club

The Bombay Bicycle Club restaurant and delivery kitchens have performed well
since their acquisition in April 2004. A new Bombay Bicycle Club restaurant is
under construction in Hampstead and will open in the autumn. Four further
properties are currently under offer and with lawyers.


Corporate Developments

We are also negotiating on several further potential acquisitions. We are
confident that one of these will become the Company's third platform format,
comfortably inside the two years we set ourselves for completing our three
initial acquisitions at the time of the Company's admission to AIM.


Negotiations to acquire property packages are also ongoing with a number of
parties, although we have made it clear in these discussions that we are not
prepared to pay uneconomic prices for packages of sites.


Outlook

As a Board we are delighted with the nature and speed of progress made to date
in achieving the Company's strategic aim of building a group of high growth
restaurant and delivery formats.'


Enquiries :


The Clapham House Group PLC
David Page, Executive Chairman 07836 346934
Paul Campbell, Chief Executive 07785 228299


Noble & Company Limited
John Llewellyn-Lloyd 020 7763 2200


Gainsborough Communications
Andy Cornelius 020 7841 1023
Julian Walker 020 7841 1021





Note to Editors

Clapham House's aim is to exploit acquisition opportunities within the UK
restaurant sector. The Company's strategy is to create value for shareholders
through acquiring and actively developing a small number of quality, branded
restaurant formats predominantly in and around the M25 region for expansion into
a high growth restaurant group. The Company successfully floated on AIM on 10
November 2003 and is backed by a number of leading City institutions and with
significant investment from the founding management team.






This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange ENDS.


Please DYOR.

cheers Gf.

pas moi! ..... glad the analogy appealed

Bon! Je suis tres heureuse!

Stay clear I would not be surprised if it falls to 100p.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/12/04/ccdiary104.xml

Yes, I got out yesterday and considering shorting, but probably not yet. However I still don't think people will stop spending 10-15 on a cheap meal out.

am i not right in thinking that David Page (why did he disappear from Pizza Express?) has a similar touch to Eric Nicoli?

as far as i can see, the prob with CPH is that they are heavily exposed in shopping malls etc, and it is there that the problem lies - lower footfall ...... RTN seems to have a different base, or so we are led to believe ..... not sure why DOM has been hammered so badly, except from the general fall out perhaps

Dead cat bounced ( a little ) quick 5% profit, dont you just love rusty cars!

yes if you were smart-arse enough!

Quite right you have to be smart to make a buck in this market! By the way all the top management of CPH are ex Pizza Express. DOM's problem like most catering stocks is their high PER.

well that says it all!
bet they all have very fat wallets ...... must have learnt well from Nicoli who is a disaster for the companies where he has been CEO or similar, but has walked away with a trunk-load of dosh each time

Its up and now its going down again... oh dear.

why are you surprised?

Not really cynic after todays press and Greene King now falling best to be out.

i reckon only reason for the rise was bear closing ...... that RNS was DIRE!

Anyone in Prezzo (PRZ) ???? posted solid iterims and has been hammered latley ,seems these restaurant groups are out of favour at the moment.

new analysis, click HERE

From The Times today:
"Shares across the sector were hit by the update at the beginning of December from Clapham House, which said that trading at its Tootsies eateries in retail and leisure parks had been softer than expected. The company also reined back expansion of its Gourmet Burger Kitchen brand, citing inflated rents and fragile consumer confidence, although it said that trading in the mainly high street locations continued to be strong.

The 40 per cent fall in Clapham House’s share price on the day of the warning prompted Capricorn Ventures International, the firm behind the Nando’s chicken chain, to buy a 14.3 per cent stake, sparking speculation that it could mount a bid."

Full article:
YO! Sushi makes gloom merchants eat their words

Results will be out next Monday. I think results will be disappointing...105p now.

another 50p share.