Dinner Lady Fam Ltd
Registered name: DINNER LADY FAM LTD
Dinner Lady Fam Ltd made £23.2m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Dinner Lady Fam Ltd’s revenue fell 14% to £23.2m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £3.7m profit and 114 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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: “By virtue of”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24m | £41.9m | £26.9m | £23.2m |
| Cost of sales | £14.4m | £27m | £17.3m | £14.5m |
| Gross profit | £9.7m | £14.9m | £9.6m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £4.2m | −£3.9m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £4.1m | −£4.2m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £3.4m | −£3.9m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £3.4m | −£3.9m | £3.7m |
| Staff costs | £4m | £5.1m | £5.2m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 121 | 132 | 122 | 114 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | 8.1% | −14.4% | 15.8% |
| Gross margin | 40.2% | 35.6% | 35.7% | 37.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £199k | £317k | £220k | £203k |
| Profit per employee | £24.1k | £25.5k | −£31.7k | £32k |
| Cash conversion | −93% | −75.3% | — | −56.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲74.2% | ▼35.8% | ▼13.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.5% | ▼214.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▼7.6% | ▼6.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £306k | £2.9m | £278k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £6.2m | £2.4m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £10.1m | £8.5m | £11.5m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2m | £2.6m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £2.1m | £0 | £2.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.8m | −£3.2m | £1.9m | −£1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £203k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −56.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- 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
- ▲154%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲377%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 114
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £1.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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