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Company No. 08920708 · Incorporated 4 Mar 2014

Chelsea Fine Food Ltd

Registered name: CHELSEA FINE FOOD LTD

Part of Neighbourhood Places Limited group

Chelsea Fine Food Ltd made £33.4m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 30 Mar 2025.

Chelsea Fine Food Ltd’s revenue grew 13% to £33.4m in the year to 30 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 725 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 56101Licensed restaurants
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
12 yrs · since 2014
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Mar 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£33.4m
Growth ▲12.9%
Profit
−£1.1m
Growth ▼152%
Profit margin
−3.1%
Gross 34.8%
Employees
725
Change ▲9.7%
Profit / employee
−£1.5k
Revenue/employee £46.1k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202430 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£22.7m£26.5m£29.6m£33.4m
Cost of sales£14m£16.6m£19.5m£21.8m
Gross profit£8.7m£9.9m£10.1m£11.6m
Operating profit£1.2m−£1.8m£3m−£780k
Profit before tax£1.1m−£2m£2.7m−£1m
Profit after tax£369k−£1.5m£2m−£1.1m
Profit (best available)£369k−£1.5m£2m−£1.1m
Staff costs£9.3m£10.5m£12.1m£13.5m
Employees (average)460707661725
Ratios
Profit margin1.6%−5.8%6.8%−3.1%
Gross margin38.4%37.4%34.1%34.8%
Revenue per employee£49.4k£37.4k£44.8k£46.1k
Profit per employee£803−£2.2k£3.1k−£1.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲16.6%▲11.9%▲12.9%
Profit growth—▼517.6%—▼152%
Headcount growth—▲53.7%▼6.5%▲9.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.3m£367k£683k£713k
Net assets£1.5m−£25.9k£2m£662k
Fixed assets£8.5m£8.9m£9.9m£9.6m
Current assets£3.2m£1.7m£2.4m£2.6m
Debtors£176k£88.1k£89k£60.6k
Deferred income£1.3m£2.1m£2.9m£3.5m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−3.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
34.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£46.1k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£1.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
28.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
10.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼67%
Now £662k
Cash at bank
▲4%
Now £713k
Headcount
▲10%
Now 725
Deferred income
▲19%
Now £3.5m
Fixed assets
▼3%
Now £9.6m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Neighbourhood Places Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Chelsea Fine Food Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (15)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Mar 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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