Sydney Food Limited
Registered name: SYDNEY FOOD LIMITED
Sydney Food Limited made £18.7m revenue and £80.4k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sydney Food Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £18.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £80.4k profit and 300 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Borehamwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Borehamwood, East of England
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- 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) | £15.6m | £18.1m | £19.3m | £18.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10m | £11.3m | £12.6m | £12.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £6.8m | £6.7m | £6.6m |
| Operating profit | −£217k | £248k | £545k | £443k |
| Profit before tax | −£389k | £76.6k | £403k | £292k |
| Profit after tax | −£318k | £16.1k | £262k | £80.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£318k | £16.1k | £262k | £80.4k |
| Staff costs | £6.7m | £7.4m | £7.9m | £7.9m |
| Employees (average) | 325 | 374 | 333 | 300 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2% | 0.1% | 1.4% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 35.9% | 37.6% | 34.7% | 35.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £48.1k | £48.3k | £58k | £62.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£978 | £43 | £788 | £268 |
| Cash conversion | — | −24.7% | 236.8% | 241% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.6% | ▲7% | ▼3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲1525% | ▼69.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.1% | ▼11% | ▼9.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £317k | £333k | £596k | £676k |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £4.2m | £3.9m | £3.5m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £183k | £221k | £131k | £140k |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Cash from operations | £1m | −£61.2k | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £62.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £268
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 241%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £676k
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 300
- Deferred income
- ▼8%
- Now £1.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £3.5m
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 £80.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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