Kaizen Restaurants Ltd
Registered name: KAIZEN RESTAURANTS LTD
Kaizen Restaurants Ltd made £36.8m revenue and £69.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Kaizen Restaurants Ltd’s revenue grew 18% to £36.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £69.8k profit and 945 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.4m | £30.2m | £31.3m | £36.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £10.8m | £11.2m | £12.4m |
| Gross profit | £18.4m | £19.4m | £20.1m | £24.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | −£470k | −£210k | £190k |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | −£531k | −£292k | £69.7k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | −£388k | −£219k | £69.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | −£388k | −£219k | £69.8k |
| Staff costs | £7.1m | £9m | £9.2m | £10.7m |
| Employees (average) | 739 | 866 | 969 | 945 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | −1.3% | −0.7% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 67.3% | 64.3% | 64.1% | 66.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £37k | £34.9k | £32.3k | £38.9k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | −£448 | −£226 | £74 |
| Cash conversion | −123.3% | — | — | −529.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▲3.5% | ▲17.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼127.4% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.2% | ▲11.9% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £2.7m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £3.3m | £4.3m | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.2m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £19k | £1.5k | £4.3k | £748 |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | −£883k | −£743k | −£1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £38.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £74
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −529.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 945
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £4.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £69.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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