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Company No. 05076235 · Incorporated 17 Mar 2004

Olive Catering Services Limited

Registered name: OLIVE CATERING SERVICES LIMITED

Part of Sodexo S.A. group

Olive Catering Services Limited made £50.3m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Olive Catering Services Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £50.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3m profit and 875 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Atherstone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 56290Other food services
Status
Active
Location
Atherstone, West Midlands
Age
22 yrs · since 2004
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverageCash flow filed
Revenue
£50.3m
Growth ▲8.3%
Profit
£3m
Growth ▲9.4%
Profit margin
6.1%
Gross 16.9%
Employees
875
Change ▲1.6%
Profit / employee
£3.5k
Revenue/employee £57.5k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£34.4m£42.9m£46.5m£50.3m
Cost of sales£27.8m£35.6m£38.2m£41.8m
Gross profit£6.6m£7.3m£8.3m£8.5m
Operating profit£3.4m£3.3m£3.6m£4m
Profit before tax£3.4m£3.3m£3.7m£4.1m
Profit after tax£2.8m£2.5m£2.8m£3m
Profit (best available)£2.8m£2.5m£2.8m£3m
Staff costs£16.5m£20.1m£23m£25.4m
Employees (average)685797861875
Ratios
Profit margin8.1%5.9%6%6.1%
Gross margin19.3%17%17.8%16.9%
Revenue per employee£50.2k£53.8k£54k£57.5k
Profit per employee£4k£3.2k£3.2k£3.5k
Cash conversion−89.9%−134.7%−109.9%−113.6%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲24.6%▲8.3%▲8.3%
Profit growth—▼8.7%▲10.2%▲9.4%
Headcount growth—▲16.4%▲8%▲1.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.3m£3.3m£3.5m£4.2m
Net assets£3.9m£3.7m£3.8m£4.2m
Fixed assets£319k£291k£316k£382k
Current assets£10.7m£12.2m£12.4m£14m
Debtors£6.4m£7.1m£7.1m£7.6m
Deferred income£559k£1.3m£985k£1.1m
Cash from operations−£3.1m−£4.4m−£4m−£4.5m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
16.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£57.5k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£3.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−113.6%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
15.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲10%
Now £4.2m
Cash at bank
▲18%
Now £4.2m
Headcount
▲2%
Now 875
Deferred income
▲14%
Now £1.1m
Fixed assets
▲21%
Now £382k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Sodexo S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Sodexo Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Sodexo Limited75–100%
  4. Olive Catering Services Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (15)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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