£2.5m HMRC bill for rescued Leon restaurants

Fast food chain Leon saved from collapse with CVA deal after ‘unanimous support from creditors’ including HMRC despite £2.5m outstanding tax claim

Administrators at Quantuma have secured a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) for Leon Restaurants Limited (LEON) after a restructuring deal saw some property leases renegotiated.

Brian Burke, Michael Kiely, and Andrew Andronikou from Quantuma were appointed as administrators on 10 December 2025, to try to sign off a restructuring process.

Five months on, Leon has exited administration after ‘receiving unanimous support from the creditors who voted as part of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), including HMRC,’ Quantuma stated.

When it went into administration, the restaurant group blamed an ‘unsustainable tax burden’.

A statement of administrator’s proposal from 12 February stated: ‘Based on current estimates, HMRC’s claim is expected to be £2.5m.’

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