Ronnies Limited
Registered name: RONNIES LIMITED
Ronnies Limited made £52.4m revenue and £893k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ronnies Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £52.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £893k profit and 1,199 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Derby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.9m | £41.2m | £43.2m | £52.4m |
| Cost of sales | £12.8m | £14.8m | £14.5m | £17.1m |
| Gross profit | £23.1m | £26.4m | £28.7m | £35.3m |
| Operating profit | £28.4k | £317k | £80.3k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £29.7k | £251k | −£38.5k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£5.3k | £122k | £44k | £893k |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.3k | £122k | £44k | £893k |
| Staff costs | £9.9m | £11.3m | £12.1m | £14.9m |
| Employees (average) | 1,114 | 1,195 | 1,150 | 1,199 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 64.3% | 64.1% | 66.4% | 67.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £32.2k | £34.5k | £37.6k | £43.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£5 | £102 | £38 | £745 |
| Cash conversion | −7833% | −521.7% | −2884% | 275.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15% | ▲4.7% | ▲21.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼64% | ▲1931% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▼3.8% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £3.4m |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £2.7m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £5.6m | £5.8m | £7.2m | £7.8m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £12.2k | £13.5k | £24k | £19.6k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £108k | £190k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£1.7m | −£2.3m | £3.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £43.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £745
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 275.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲46%
- Now £3.4m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 1,199
- Deferred income
- ▲77%
- Now £190k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £7.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £893k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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