Banana Split Limited
Registered name: BANANA SPLIT LIMITED
Banana Split Limited made £19m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Jan 2025.
Banana Split Limited’s revenue fell 44% to £19m in the year to 30 Jan 2025, with £1.1m profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “event catering activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1981
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 30 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.1m | £33.9m | £19m |
| Cost of sales | £11.9m | £21.8m | £13.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £12.1m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £8.9m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £9.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £7m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £7m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 26 | 31 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.2% | 20.5% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 30.5% | 35.7% | 27.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £778k | £1.3m | £612k |
| Profit per employee | £87.1k | £268k | £34.1k |
| Cash conversion | −104.2% | −83.1% | −85.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲98% | ▼44% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲263.2% | ▼84.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.2% | ▲19.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £6.9m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £1m | £4m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £8.2m | £4m |
| Debtors | £290k | £429k | £795k |
| Deferred income | £813k | £294k | £186k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.5m | −£7.4m | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £612k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £34.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −85.7%
- 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
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- ▼37%
- Now £186k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £1.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Banana Split Boutique LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jdpa LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jan 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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