Sodexo Limited
Registered name: SODEXO LIMITED
Part of Sodexo S.A. groupSodexo Limited made £1.4bn revenue and £47.6m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Sodexo Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £1.4bn in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £47.6m profit and 25,861 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4bn | £1.5bn | £1.4bn |
| Operating profit | £50.6m | £65.8m | £64m |
| Profit before tax | £51.1m | £88.1m | £65.3m |
| Profit after tax | £40.4m | £66.6m | £47.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £40.4m | £66.6m | £47.6m |
| Staff costs | £801m | £864m | £851m |
| Employees (average) | 33,644 | 33,011 | 25,861 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 4.4% | 3.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £41.6k | £46.1k | £55.6k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £2k | £1.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▼5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲64.9% | ▼28.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.9% | ▼21.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £61.6m | £56.7m | £219m |
| Net assets | £245m | £240m | £237m |
| Fixed assets | £117m | £128m | £138m |
| Current assets | £1.1bn | £1.1bn | £1.1bn |
| Debtors | £111m | £128m | £100m |
| Deferred income | £96.2m | £121m | £103m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £55.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼1%
- Now £237m
- Cash at bank
- ▲286%
- Now £219m
- Headcount
- ▼22%
- Now 25,861
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £103m
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £138m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sodexo S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sodexo Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sodexo Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (16)
- Sodexo Live UK LimitedRev. £155m · Profit £845k
- Olive Catering Services LimitedRev. £50.3m · Profit £3m
- Fooditude LimitedRev. £12.4m · Profit −£726k
- MTS Health LimitedRev. £4.6m · Profit £403k
- Directors Table LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Friars 702 LimitedRev. — · Profit £21.3k
- Gardner Merchant LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Keyline Travel Management LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Sodexo Trustee Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Community Rehabilitation Company LimitedRev. — · Profit −£299k
- The Cumbria and Lancashire Community Rehabilitation Company LimitedRev. — · Profit −£37k
- The Essex Community Rehabilitation Company LimitedRev. — · Profit −£58k
- The Kent, Surrey and Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Norfolk and Suffolk Community Rehabilitation Company LimitedRev. — · Profit −£17k
- The Northumbria Community Rehabilitation Company LimitedRev. — · Profit −£10k
- The South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company LimitedRev. — · Profit −£18k
Sister companies (8)
- Sodexo Circles U.K LimitedRev. £3.7m · Profit £46k
- Sodexo Corporate Services (N0.1) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sodexo Corporate Services (NO.2) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Sodexo Management Services LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offRev. — · Profit £260k
- Sodexo Remote Sites Support Services LimitedRev. — · Profit £640k
- Sodexo Services Company LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offRev. — · Profit £79k
- Sodexo Services Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £14.9m
- Sodexo Stop Hunger FoundationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £47.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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