Lunchtime Company Ltd
Registered name: LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTD
Part of Lunchtime Company Ltd groupLunchtime Company Ltd made £15.5m revenue and £447k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2024.
Lunchtime Company Ltd’s revenue grew 34% to £15.5m in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with £447k profit and 599 employees. The company is classified under “event catering activities” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.6m | £15.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £4.1m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £7.5m | £10m |
| Operating profit | — | £650k | £703k |
| Profit before tax | — | £618k | £672k |
| Profit after tax | — | £482k | £447k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £482k | £447k |
| Staff costs | — | £6.2m | £8.3m |
| Employees (average) | 396 | 396 | 599 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 4.2% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 64.5% | 64.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £29.3k | £25.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.2k | £747 |
| Cash conversion | — | −180.8% | −33.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲33.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼7.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲51.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £476k | £662k | £115k |
| Net assets | £906k | £1.4m | £595k |
| Fixed assets | £75k | £142k | £171k |
| Current assets | £2m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £720k | £1.1m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | — | £10.2k | £84.9k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.2m | −£235k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £25.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £747
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −33.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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
- ▼58%
- Now £595k
- Cash at bank
- ▼83%
- Now £115k
- Headcount
- ▲51%
- Now 599
- Deferred income
- ▲732%
- Now £84.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £171k
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
- Lunchtime Company Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Lunchtime Employee Ownership Trustee Ltd50–75%
- Lunchtime Company Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Educaterers LimitedRev. £11.8m · Profit £376k
- Lunchtime Employee Ownership Trustee LtdFigures 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 Jul 2024 (profit £447k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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