BGJ Restaurants Limited
Registered name: BGJ RESTAURANTS LIMITED
BGJ Restaurants Limited made £17.7m revenue and £38.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
BGJ Restaurants Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £17.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £38.5k profit and 403 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 13 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £18.6m | £17.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £13.3m | £12.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.3m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | — | −£91.1k | £83.6k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£98.3k | £66.2k |
| Profit after tax | −£80.2k | −£88.3k | £38.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£80.2k | −£88.3k | £38.5k |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £5.3m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 464 | 410 | 403 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −0.5% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 28.6% | 29.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £45.3k | £43.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£173 | −£215 | £96 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 138.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.6% | ▼1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | — | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £180k | £192k | £574k |
| Cash from operations | — | £488k | £116k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £43.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £96
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 138.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 403
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £1.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £38.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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