Alim Caterers Limited
Registered name: ALIM CATERERS LIMITED
Part of Sme Group (Iom) Plc groupAlim Caterers Limited made £4.3m revenue and £531k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Alim Caterers Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £4.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £531k profit and 54 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
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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) | £6m | £5.4m | £5.3m | £4.3m |
| Cost of sales | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.3m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £3m | £3.1m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £537k | −£66.2k | −£155k | £723k |
| Profit before tax | £537k | −£70.1k | −£155k | £721k |
| Profit after tax | −£424k | £70.9k | −£292k | £531k |
| Profit (best available) | −£424k | £70.9k | −£292k | £531k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 79 | 85 | 80 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −7.1% | 1.3% | −5.5% | 12.5% |
| Gross margin | 61.9% | 55.2% | 57.6% | 62.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £75.9k | £63.7k | £66.7k | £78.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.4k | £834 | −£3.6k | £9.8k |
| Cash conversion | −106.6% | — | — | −25.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.7% | ▼1.4% | ▼20.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼511.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.6% | ▼5.9% | ▼32.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £935k | £716k | £207k | £306k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.2m | £2.9m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £5.6m | £5.5m | £5.5m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.8m | £470k |
| Debtors | £770k | £957k | £1.6m | £149k |
| Deferred income | £204k | £134k | £121k | £69k |
| Cash from operations | −£572k | −£52.4k | £349k | −£186k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £78.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −25.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 127.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲48%
- Now £306k
- Headcount
- ▼33%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- ▼43%
- Now £69k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £5.4m
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 Investments Limited75–100%
- Alim Caterers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (13)
- Sme Corporation (2) LimitedRev. £10.9m · Profit £126k
- Sme Corporation LimitedRev. £10.2m · Profit £488k
- Sme Fast Foods LimitedRev. £7.4m · Profit £892k
- S M E Enterprise LimitedRev. £5.5m · Profit £376k
- Mossdyp LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit £50.1k
- Aldwych (Harrow) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Alim Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme Coffee (2) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sme Coffee (3) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sme Coffee (4) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme Pizza (3) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sme Pizza (4) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme Properties 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 £531k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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