Lemon Pepper Holdings Limited
Registered name: LEMON PEPPER HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Rooster Topco Limited groupLemon Pepper Holdings Limited made £216m revenue and £19.9m profit in the year to 28 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Lemon Pepper Holdings Limited’s revenue was £216m in the year to 28 Dec 2025, with £19.9m profit and 2,941 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “The immediate parent company is Lemon Pepper Midco Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered office at 36-40, Maple Street, London, United Kingdom, W1T 6HE.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 27 Mar 2022 | 26 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 29 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.4m | £38.2m | £84.7m | £125m | £216m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £18.1m | £38.9m | £53.7m | £87m |
| Gross profit | £12.2m | £20.1m | £45.7m | £71.3m | £129m |
| Operating profit | £221k | −£1.5m | £4.1m | £13.7m | £24.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£184k | −£2m | £3.6m | £13.2m | £23.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£184k | −£2m | £3.6m | £9.3m | £19.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£184k | −£2m | £3.6m | £9.3m | £19.9m |
| Staff costs | £6.6m | £10.7m | £21.8m | £31.5m | £56.4m |
| Employees (average) | 417 | 725 | 1,230 | 2,216 | 2,941 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −0.9% | −5.3% | 4.2% | 7.4% | 9.2% |
| Gross margin | 57.2% | 52.6% | 54% | 57% | 59.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £51.2k | £52.7k | £68.8k | £56.4k | £73.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£441 | −£2.8k | £2.9k | £4.2k | £6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲78.7% | ▲121.7% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲73.9% | ▲69.7% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £3.4m | £7.2m | £17.3m | £5.3m |
| Net assets | −£2.1m | −£4.1m | −£552k | £8.8m | £28.7m |
| Fixed assets | £7.4m | £11.5m | £17.6m | £27m | £46.3m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £6.8m | — | £26.4m | £30.1m |
| Debtors | £404k | £869k | £2.2m | £3.4m | £6.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £2.9m | £4.9m | £8.9m | £13m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £73.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- 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 £28.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £5.3m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 2,941
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £13m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £46.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rooster Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Rooster Midco Limited75–100%
- Rooster Sub-Midco Limited75–100%
- Rooster Bidco Limited75–100%
- Lemon Pepper Topco Limited75–100%
- Lemon Pepper Midco Limited75–100%
- Lemon Pepper Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Lemon Pepper Bullring LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lemon Pepper Cabot LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lemon Pepper Oracle LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Dec 2025 (profit £19.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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