Blundell's of Liverpool Ltd
Registered name: BLUNDELL'S OF LIVERPOOL LTD
Blundell's of Liverpool Ltd made £92.9m revenue and a £40.1k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Blundell's of Liverpool Ltd’s revenue was £92.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £40.1k and 2,382 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £60.1m | £92.6m | £92.9m |
| Cost of sales | £39.2m | £57.1m | £58.3m |
| Gross profit | £20.9m | £35.6m | £34.6m |
| Operating profit | −£1m | £2.3m | £508k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | £1.9m | £127k |
| Profit after tax | −£901k | £1.3m | −£40.1k |
| Profit (best available) | −£901k | £1.3m | −£40.1k |
| Staff costs | £16.8m | £24.3m | £25.9m |
| Employees (average) | 1,724 | 2,098 | 2,382 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.5% | 1.4% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 38.4% | 37.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £34.8k | £44.2k | £39k |
| Profit per employee | −£523 | £615 | −£17 |
| Cash conversion | — | 283.3% | 307.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲54.3% | ▲0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼103.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.7% | ▲13.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £7.2m | £4.9m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £7.4m | £7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £10.2m | £14.1m | £12.4m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £9m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £7.3k | £25.1k | £6.4k |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £6.6m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £39k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£17
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 307.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £4.9m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 2,382
- Deferred income
- ▼11%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £12.4m
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 Mar 2025 (profit −£40.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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