Classic Crust Limited
Registered name: CLASSIC CRUST LIMITED
Part of Full House Restaurants Holdings Limited groupClassic Crust Limited made £14.3m revenue and £894k profit in the year to 28 Dec 2025.
Classic Crust Limited’s revenue was £14.3m in the year to 28 Dec 2025, with £894k profit and 338 employees. The company is classified under “take-away food shops and mobile food stands” and is based in Staines-Upon-Thames; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Staines-Upon-Thames, London
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 26 Dec 2021 | 25 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 29 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.6m | £13.5m | £14.4m | £14.3m | £14.3m |
| Cost of sales | £8.4m | £9m | £10.1m | £9.8m | £10m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £4.5m | £4.4m | £4.5m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £894k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £894k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £3.8m | £4.1m | £4.3m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 349 | 384 | 380 | 353 | 338 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 14.1% | 10.1% | 7.9% | 7.6% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 37.9% | 33.5% | 30.3% | 31.2% | 29.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £38.9k | £35.1k | £38k | £40.4k | £42.3k |
| Profit per employee | £5.5k | £3.5k | £3k | £3.1k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▲7.1% | ▼1.2% | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.3% | ▼16.4% | ▼4.8% | ▼17.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▼1% | ▼7.1% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £5.6k | £0 | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £4m | £4.3m | £4.4m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £4m | £4.4m | £4.7m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £3.9m | £4.3m | £4.7m | £5.4m |
| Deferred income | £177k | £174k | £272k | £309k | £621k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £42.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- 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
- 38.1%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 338
- Deferred income
- ▲101%
- Now £621k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £1.4m
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
- Full House Restaurants Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Classic Crust Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Full House Restaurants LimitedRev. £17.7m · Profit £902k
- House Special LimitedRev. £9.7m · Profit £599k
- Jje Enterprises LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sherston LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sunmead 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 28 Dec 2025 (profit £894k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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