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Company No. 05612486 · Incorporated 4 Nov 2005

Gastronomy Foods UK Limited

Registered name: GASTRONOMY FOODS UK LIMITED

Part of Yoda Worldwide Limited group

Gastronomy Foods UK Limited made £18.8m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 24 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Gastronomy Foods UK Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £18.8m in the year to 24 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 272 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Shrewsbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 56101Licensed restaurants
Status
Active
Location
Shrewsbury, West Midlands
Age
20 yrs · since 2005
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: “The parent company is LARS (GFUK) Holdings Limited by virtue of its 100% shareholding.”

Latest accounts · year to 24 Dec 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageDoing more with less
Revenue
£18.8m
Growth ▲8.8%
Profit
£1.5m
Growth ▲72%
Profit margin
7.9%
Gross 35.7%
Employees
272
Change ▼3.9%
Profit / employee
£5.5k
Revenue/employee £69k
Profitable streak
3yrs
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 to24 Dec 202224 Dec 202324 Dec 202424 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£17m£17.9m£17.2m£18.8m
Cost of sales£12.9m£12m£11m£12.1m
Gross profit£4.1m£5.8m£6.3m£6.7m
Operating profit−£236k£667k£1.3m£1.6m
Profit before tax−£413k£238k£1.2m£1.6m
Profit after tax−£342k£355k£864k£1.5m
Profit (best available)−£342k£355k£864k£1.5m
Staff costs£5.6m£4.7m£4.6m£5.4m
Employees (average)449333283272
Ratios
Profit margin−2%2%5%7.9%
Gross margin24.3%32.7%36.5%35.7%
Revenue per employee£37.8k£53.6k£60.9k£69k
Profit per employee−£762£1.1k£3.1k£5.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲5.1%▼3.4%▲8.8%
Profit growth——▲143%▲72%
Headcount growth—▼25.8%▼15%▼3.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£287k£267k£372k£613k
Net assets£761k£935k£1.5m£1.7m
Fixed assets£2.6m£2.4m£2.4m£2.8m
Current assets£1.6m£5.2m£5.2m£8.2m
Debtors£1.2m£4.8m£4.8m£7.5m
Deferred income£116k£121k£22.8k£22.8k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
7.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
35.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£69k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£5.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
14.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
39.9%
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
▲13%
Now £1.7m
Cash at bank
▲65%
Now £613k
Headcount
▼4%
Now 272
Deferred income
0%
Now £22.8k
Fixed assets
▲15%
Now £2.8m

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. Yoda Worldwide Limitedultimate parent50–75%
  2. Lars (Gfuk) Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Gastronomy Foods UK Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (2)

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 24 Dec 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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