Signature Dining Ltd
Registered name: SIGNATURE DINING LTD
Part of The Genuine Dining Co. Ltd groupSignature Dining Ltd made £6.6m revenue and £226k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Signature Dining Ltd’s revenue fell 6% to £6.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £226k profit and 104 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 9 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 25 Dec 2023 | 25 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.9m | £7m | £7m | £6.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£5.4m | −£6.2m | −£6.2m | −£5.8m |
| Gross profit | £500k | £799k | £799k | £722k |
| Operating profit | £23k | −£375k | −£375k | £310k |
| Profit before tax | £10k | −£375k | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £10k | −£319k | −£319k | £226k |
| Profit (best available) | £10k | −£319k | −£319k | £226k |
| Employees (average) | 118 | 104 | 104 | 104 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | −4.6% | −4.6% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 8.5% | 11.4% | 11.4% | 11% |
| Revenue per employee | £49.8k | £67.3k | £67.3k | £63.2k |
| Profit per employee | £85 | −£3.1k | −£3.1k | £2.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19% | — | ▼6.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼3290% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.9% | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £63.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Genuine Dining Co. Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Signature Dining Ltdthis 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £226k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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