Sme (Pizza) Limited
Registered name: SME (PIZZA) LIMITED
Part of Sme Group (Iom) Plc groupSme (Pizza) Limited made £2.9m revenue and a £418k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Sme (Pizza) Limited’s revenue fell 29% to £2.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £418k and 72 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
- 25 yrs · since 2000
- 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) | £9.7m | £4.7m | £4.1m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £991k |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £2.9m | £2.5m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | −£102k | −£273k | −£667k | −£490k |
| Profit before tax | −£102k | −£280k | −£667k | −£491k |
| Profit after tax | −£92.5k | −£278k | −£722k | −£418k |
| Profit (best available) | −£92.5k | −£278k | −£722k | −£418k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 249 | 106 | 106 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.9% | −5.9% | −17.8% | −14.4% |
| Gross margin | 65.1% | 61.6% | 62.1% | 65.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £39.1k | £44.2k | £38.3k | £40.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£372 | −£2.6k | −£6.8k | −£5.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼51.9% | ▼13.3% | ▼28.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼57.4% | 0% | ▼32.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £786k | £503k | £224k | £147k |
| Net assets | −£4.1m | −£4.4m | −£5.1m | −£5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £2.4m | £2.3m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £3.3m | £3m | £463k |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £312k |
| Deferred income | £430k | £77.3k | £74.9k | £5.8k |
| Cash from operations | £1.1m | £623k | £186k | £495k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £40.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 62.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- 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
- —
- Now −£5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £147k
- Headcount
- ▼32%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▼92%
- Now £5.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £1.8m
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 Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sme (Pizza) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Sme Trading LimitedRev. £16.1m · Profit £1.4m
- Fazal Fast Foods LimitedRev. £5.9m · Profit £834k
- Sme (Coffee) LimitedRev. £2.4m · Profit −£1m
- Gulab LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Highrak LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme (Hammersmith) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme Caterers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme Pizza (2) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sme Properties Holding LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sme Restaurants 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 −£418k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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