Around Noon (London) Limited
Registered name: AROUND NOON (LONDON) LIMITED
Part of Five Thirty Six Ltd groupAround Noon (London) Limited made £22.9m revenue and a £807k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Around Noon (London) Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £22.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £807k and 197 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Slough; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Slough, South East
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.6m | £22.9m |
| Cost of sales | £16.3m | £18.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | −£598k |
| Profit before tax | £934k | −£788k |
| Profit after tax | £930k | −£807k |
| Profit (best available) | £930k | −£807k |
| Staff costs | £6.1m | £6.6m |
| Employees (average) | 180 | 197 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | −3.5% |
| Gross margin | 20.6% | 18.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £116k |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | −£4.1k |
| Cash conversion | 18% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼186.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £26.8k | £40.3k |
| Net assets | £202k | −£605k |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £6.6m |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £4.7m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | £529k | £682k |
| Cash from operations | £205k | £6.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £116k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.2%
- 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
- ▼400%
- Now −£605k
- Cash at bank
- ▲50%
- Now £40.3k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 197
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £682k
- Fixed assets
- ▲391%
- Now £6.6m
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
- Five Thirty Six Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Around Noon Foods Limited75–100%
- Around Noon (London) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- The Soho Sandwich Company LtdRev. £30.2m · Profit £1.4m
- Around Noon LimitedRev. £26.4m · Profit £159k
- Around Noon (Bakery) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Around Noon (Print) 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 −£807k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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