Dining Innovation UK Ltd.
Registered name: DINING INNOVATION UK LTD.
Dining Innovation UK Ltd. made £8.1m revenue and a £177k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Dining Innovation UK Ltd.’s revenue fell 3% to £8.1m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £177k and 98 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.3m | £8.1m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £573k | −£193k |
| Profit before tax | £567k | −£225k |
| Profit after tax | £498k | −£177k |
| Profit (best available) | £498k | −£177k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 108 | 98 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 68% | 67.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £76.8k | £82.3k |
| Profit per employee | £4.6k | −£1.8k |
| Cash conversion | 172% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼135.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | −£1.3m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £5.9m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £74.5k | £62.6k |
| Cash from operations | £985k | £57.7k |
| Source | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data Feb 2026 | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £82.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 72.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲44%
- Now £5.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from Reports and Financial Statements for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£177k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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