K. Foley Limited
Registered name: K. FOLEY LIMITED
K. Foley Limited made £62.5m revenue and a £489k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
K. Foley Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £62.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £489k and 1,203 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 25 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) | £53.5m | £62.5m |
| Cost of sales | £18.1m | £21m |
| Gross profit | £35.4m | £41.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | −£338k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | −£603k |
| Profit after tax | £806k | −£489k |
| Profit (best available) | £806k | −£489k |
| Staff costs | £15.3m | £19.6m |
| Employees (average) | 1,355 | 1,203 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 66.2% | 66.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £39.5k | £52k |
| Profit per employee | £595 | −£407 |
| Cash conversion | −365.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼160.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £11.2m | £10.8m |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £22k | £106k |
| Deferred income | £633k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£4.9m | −£2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£407
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▼49%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 1,203
- Deferred income
- ▲73%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £10.8m
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 −£489k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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