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Company No. 07297044 · Incorporated 28 Jun 2010

Dine Contract Catering Limited

Registered name: DINE CONTRACT CATERING LIMITED

Part of Compass Group PLC group

Dine Contract Catering Limited made £40.4m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.

Dine Contract Catering Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £40.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3.7m profit and 677 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSIC 56290Other food services
Status
Active
Location
Birmingham
Age
16 yrs · since 2010
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£40.4m
Growth ▼4.2%
Profit
£3.7m
Growth ▲3.7%
Profit margin
9.2%
Gross 21.4%
Employees
677
Change ▼7%
Profit / employee
£5.5k
Revenue/employee £59.6k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data
3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202330 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£40.4m£42.1m£40.4m
Cost of sales−£31.9m−£33.6m−£31.7m
Gross profit£8.5m£8.5m£8.7m
Operating profit£5.9m£4.7m£4.9m
Profit before tax£6m£4.7m£4.9m
Profit after tax£4.7m£3.6m£3.7m
Profit (best available)£4.7m£3.6m£3.7m
Employees (average)769728677
Ratios
Profit margin11.6%8.5%9.2%
Gross margin21%20.1%21.4%
Revenue per employee£52.5k£57.9k£59.6k
Profit per employee£6.1k£4.9k£5.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲4.3%▼4.2%
Profit growth—▼23.9%▲3.7%
Headcount growth—▼5.3%▼7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets———
SourceAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
9.2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
21.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£59.6k
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
—
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
—
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
—
Now —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▼7%
Now 677
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Compass Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
  2. Hospitality Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Compass Group Holdings Public Limited Company75–100%
  4. Compass Group, UK and Ireland Limited75–100%
  5. Dine Contract Catering Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (45)

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

Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026

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