Adva Food Services Limited
Registered name: ADVA FOOD SERVICES LIMITED
Adva Food Services Limited made £12.7m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Adva Food Services Limited’s revenue was £12.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.7m profit and 95 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is Mr M O Kastro.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £9.5m | £9.7m | £12.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.5m | £3m | £4.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £6m | £6.7m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.6m | £3.2m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 122 | 94 | 95 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 18.1% | 14.6% | 13.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 63% | 69.1% | 67.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £78.2k | £103k | £133k |
| Profit per employee | — | £14.2k | £15.1k | £17.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | −123.3% | −98.9% | −98.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲1.5% | — |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼18% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲149% | ▼22.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £4.1m | £5.3m | £3.6m |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £4.3m | £5.6m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £948k | £1.1m | £996k | £533k |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £5.6m | £6.7m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £25.7k | £101k | £0 | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £192k | £422k | £262k | £337k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£2.6m | −£1.8m | −£2.3m |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £133k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −98.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.7%
- 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 £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £3.6m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 95
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £337k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £533k
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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