Luma Restaurants Limited
Registered name: LUMA RESTAURANTS LIMITED
Luma Restaurants Limited made £56.1m revenue and £315k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Luma Restaurants Limited’s revenue grew 43% to £56.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £315k profit and 1,328 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Havant; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Havant, South East
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.5m | £39.3m | £56.1m |
| Cost of sales | £10.2m | £23.8m | £34.4m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £15.5m | £21.8m |
| Profit before tax | £727k | £2.7m | −£310k |
| Profit after tax | £587k | £2.1m | £315k |
| Profit (best available) | £587k | £2.1m | £315k |
| Staff costs | £5.1m | £11.6m | £17.3m |
| Employees (average) | 314 | 858 | 1,328 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 5.3% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 41.8% | 39.5% | 38.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £55.6k | £45.8k | £42.3k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | £2.4k | £237 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲124.9% | ▲42.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲253.9% | ▼84.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲173.3% | ▲54.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £5.2m | £3.4m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £7.2m | £8.5m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £5.8m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £204k | £39.4k | £7k |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £3.8m | £712k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £42.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £237
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £3.4m
- Headcount
- ▲55%
- Now 1,328
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £8.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £315k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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