Econ Restaurants Limited
Registered name: ECON RESTAURANTS LIMITED
Econ Restaurants Limited made £26.1m revenue and £263k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Econ Restaurants Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £26.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £263k profit and 459 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Carlisle; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carlisle, North West
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.6m | £26.1m |
| Cost of sales | £9.4m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | £17.1m | £16.9m |
| Operating profit | £846k | £480k |
| Profit before tax | £702k | £363k |
| Profit after tax | £462k | £263k |
| Profit (best available) | £462k | £263k |
| Staff costs | £6.5m | £6.6m |
| Employees (average) | 468 | 459 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 64.5% | 64.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £56.8k | £56.9k |
| Profit per employee | £987 | £574 |
| Cash conversion | 66.5% | 102.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼43% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £539k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £5.4m |
| Deferred income | £658k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | £563k | £492k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £56.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £574
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 102.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.7%
- 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
- ▼26%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼77%
- Now £539k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 459
- Deferred income
- ▲69%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £2.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £263k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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