Premiere Coffee Limited
Registered name: PREMIERE COFFEE LIMITED
Part of Scoffs Group Ltd groupPremiere Coffee Limited made £22.7m revenue and £190k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Premiere Coffee Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £22.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £190k profit and 433 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Romford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Romford, 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.8m | £22.4m | £22.7m |
| Cost of sales | £14.4m | £15.6m | £14.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £6.8m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | −£498k | −£916k | £982k |
| Profit before tax | −£935k | −£1.6m | £422k |
| Profit after tax | −£628k | −£1.3m | £190k |
| Profit (best available) | −£628k | −£1.3m | £190k |
| Staff costs | £6.6m | £7.5m | £7.7m |
| Employees (average) | 407 | 436 | 433 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −3% | −5.9% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 30.8% | 30.4% | 34.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £51.1k | £51.5k | £52.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.5k | −£3k | £438 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▲1.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▼0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £944k | £628k |
| Net assets | £7.5m | £6.2m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.8m | £4.2m | £4.5m |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £6.9m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £288k | £316k | £406k |
| Deferred income | £986k | £1.7m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | £3.3m | −£1.6m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £438
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £628k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 433
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £4.5m
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
- Scoffs Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Premiere Coffee Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Jurassic Coast Coffee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Premier Coffee LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (7)
- Scoffs (Cornwall) LimitedRev. £11.9m · Profit £1.3m
- Aimes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pam Stores LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scoffs (Ci) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scoffs (Essex) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scoffs (Gidea Park) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scoffs (Ventures) 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 Dec 2024 (profit £190k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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