Simplycook Limited
Registered name: SIMPLYCOOK LIMITED
Part of Nestle S.A. groupSimplycook Limited made £14.4m revenue and a £479k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Simplycook Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £14.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £479k and 31 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 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. From the filing: “Societe Des Produits Nestlé S.A., a company incorporated in Switzerland”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.6m | £13.4m | £14.1m | £14.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.2m | £6.4m | £7m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £7m | £7.1m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | −£5.8m | £238k | −£1.1m | −£390k |
| Profit before tax | −£5.8m | £73k | −£1.3m | −£637k |
| Profit after tax | −£4.7m | £1.4m | −£986k | −£479k |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.7m | £1.4m | −£986k | −£479k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.9m | £3m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 40 | 37 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −32.3% | 10.2% | −7% | −3.3% |
| Gross margin | 44% | 52% | 50.3% | 52.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £231k | £336k | £382k | £465k |
| Profit per employee | −£74.7k | £34.2k | −£26.6k | −£15.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | 858.3% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.8% | ▲5.3% | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼172.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼36.5% | ▼7.5% | ▼16.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £245k | £1m | £412k | £21.6k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £3.3m | £2.3m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £5.8m | £5m | £5.8m |
| Debtors | £427k | £281k | £997k | £3m |
| Deferred income | £323k | £214k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | £2m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £465k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£15.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21%
- 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
- ▼21%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼95%
- Now £21.6k
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲43%
- Now £3.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Nestle S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Simplycook Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£479k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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