MSG Food Service Limited
Registered name: MSG FOOD SERVICE LIMITED
MSG Food Service Limited made £12m revenue and £805k profit in the year to 28 Dec 2025.
MSG Food Service Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £12m in the year to 28 Dec 2025, with £805k profit and 257 employees. The company is classified under “take-away food shops and mobile food stands” and is based in Banbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Banbury, South East
- Age
- 14 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 | 29 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2024 | 29 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.3m | £11.9m | £11.9m | £12m |
| Cost of sales | −£7.7m | −£8.9m | −£8.9m | −£8.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £868k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £872k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £573k | £694k | £694k | £805k |
| Profit (best available) | £573k | £694k | £694k | £805k |
| Employees (average) | 289 | 289 | 289 | 257 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | 25.2% | 25.7% | 25.7% | 26.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £35.6k | £41.3k | £41.3k | £46.8k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | £2.4k | £2.4k | £3.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16% | — | ▲0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲21.2% | — | ▲16% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — | ▼11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £46.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.1k
- 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.
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
- ▼11%
- Now 257
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Sandy Lane Ventures LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Dec 2025 (profit £805k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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