Massarella Restaurants Limited
Registered name: MASSARELLA RESTAURANTS LIMITED
Part of Massarella Catering Group Limited groupMassarella Restaurants Limited made £16.9m revenue and £702k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Massarella Restaurants Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £16.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £702k profit and 447 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.3m | £17.3m | £16.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13.5m | £14.5m | £13.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £482k | £435k | £863k |
| Profit before tax | £435k | £426k | £961k |
| Profit after tax | £393k | £347k | £702k |
| Profit (best available) | £393k | £347k | £702k |
| Staff costs | £6.6m | £7.3m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 559 | 561 | 447 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 17.2% | 16.1% | 18.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £29.1k | £30.9k | £37.7k |
| Profit per employee | £704 | £619 | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▼2.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.8% | ▲102.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.4% | ▼20.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4.4m | £4.1m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.3m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £6.1m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £417k | £603k | £754k |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £780k | £760k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £37.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 447
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £760k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £1.3m
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
- Massarella Catering Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Massarella Restaurants Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Caffe Ori LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Massarella Catering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Massarella Supplies 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 Dec 2024 (profit £702k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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