Fazal Fast Foods Limited
Registered name: FAZAL FAST FOODS LIMITED
Part of Sme Group (Iom) Plc groupFazal Fast Foods Limited made £5.9m revenue and £834k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Fazal Fast Foods Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £5.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £834k profit and 73 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Ruislip; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ruislip, London
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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. From the filing: “In the opinion of the director”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8m | £7.2m | £6.1m | £5.9m |
| Cost of sales | £2.9m | £3.1m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £4.1m | £3.6m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £724k | £915k | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £727k | £915k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £659k | £795k | £834k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £659k | £795k | £834k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 72 | 80 | 73 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.8% | 9.2% | 13.1% | 14.1% |
| Gross margin | 64% | 56.9% | 59.7% | 63.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £77.8k | £99.6k | £75.9k | £80.9k |
| Profit per employee | £10.7k | £9.1k | £9.9k | £11.4k |
| Cash conversion | −7.4% | −203.8% | −51.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.6% | ▼15.4% | ▼2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.5% | ▲20.7% | ▲4.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼30.1% | ▲11.1% | ▼8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £2.5m | £2.9m | £993k |
| Net assets | £11m | £11.7m | £12.4m | £13.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3m |
| Current assets | £10.3m | £11.7m | £13.9m | £11.5m |
| Debtors | £8.6m | £9.1m | £11m | £10.5m |
| Deferred income | £206k | £95.3k | £67.6k | £82.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£102k | −£1.5m | −£473k | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £80.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 50.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 177.5%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £13.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼66%
- Now £993k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £82.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £3m
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
- Sme Group (Iom) Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sme Group PLC75–100%
- Sme Group Investment Ltd75–100%
- Sme Holdings Limited75–100%
- Fazal Fast Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Sme Trading LimitedRev. £16.1m · Profit £1.4m
- Sme (Pizza) LimitedRev. £2.9m · Profit −£418k
- Sme (Coffee) LimitedRev. £2.4m · Profit −£1m
- Gulab LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Highrak LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme (Hammersmith) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme Caterers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme Pizza (2) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme Properties Holding LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sme Restaurants 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £834k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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