Lola's Cupcakes Limited
Registered name: LOLA'S CUPCAKES LIMITED
Part of UK Frisbee Debtco Limited groupLola's Cupcakes Limited made £26.2m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Lola's Cupcakes Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £26.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.6m profit and 410 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.5m | £24.9m | £26.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8.9m | £9.6m | £9.9m |
| Gross profit | £13.6m | £15.3m | £16.3m |
| Operating profit | £383k | £757k | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £380k | £775k | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £338k | £610k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £338k | £610k | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £10.1m | £10.8m | £11.2m |
| Employees (average) | 426 | 439 | 410 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 2.5% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 60.4% | 61.3% | 62.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £52.7k | £56.7k | £63.8k |
| Profit per employee | £792 | £1.4k | £3.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.7% | ▲5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲80.7% | ▲164.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3% | ▼6.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £613k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £2m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £3m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £128k | £208k | £327k |
| Deferred income | £874k | £1.1m | £841k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £63.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- ▲80%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 410
- Deferred income
- ▼27%
- Now £841k
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £2.7m
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
- UK Frisbee Debtco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Finsbury Food Group Limited50–75%
- Lola's Cupcakes (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Lola's Cupcakes Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Lola's Cupcakes (International) 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 £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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