Accent Catering Services Limited
Registered name: ACCENT CATERING SERVICES LIMITED
Accent Catering Services Limited made £44.6m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 28 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Accent Catering Services Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £44.6m in the year to 28 Mar 2025, with £1.4m profit and 98 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Staines-Upon-Thames; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Staines-Upon-Thames, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 | 25 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 29 Mar 2024 | 28 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) | £24.2m | £28.2m | £36.3m | £44.6m |
| Cost of sales | £20.4m | £23.9m | £30.5m | £37.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £4.3m | £5.8m | £7.1m |
| Operating profit | £856k | £482k | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £856k | £465k | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £683k | £453k | £942k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £683k | £453k | £942k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £13.3m | £15.6m | £19.5m | £24.4m |
| Employees (average) | 715 | 749 | 926 | 98 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 1.6% | 2.6% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 15.2% | 16.1% | 15.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £33.9k | £37.6k | £39.2k | £455k |
| Profit per employee | £955 | £605 | £1k | £13.8k |
| Cash conversion | −92.1% | −278.8% | −148.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.4% | ▲28.9% | ▲22.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33.7% | ▲107.9% | ▲44% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲23.6% | ▼89.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.2m | £4m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £706k | £787k | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £7.8m | £8.1m | £9.2m | £11.4m |
| Debtors | £4m | £3.5m | £4.2m | £5.3m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £18.1k | £134k | £8.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£788k | −£1.3m | −£1.8m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £455k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- 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
- ▲29%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £4.4m
- Headcount
- ▼89%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- ▼94%
- Now £8.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲30%
- Now £1.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Mar 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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