Principle Restaurants Limited
Registered name: PRINCIPLE RESTAURANTS LIMITED
Principle Restaurants Limited made £55.6m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Principle Restaurants Limited’s revenue grew 32% to £55.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 1,117 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Kingswinford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kingswinford, West Midlands
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2018
- 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £26.1m | £42m | £55.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £16.1m | £25.4m | £32.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £10m | £16.6m | £23.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £369k | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £414k | £214k | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £290k | £136k | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £290k | £136k | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £7.8m | £12.8m | £16.2m |
| Employees (average) | 160 | 785 | 480 | 1,117 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.1% | 0.3% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 38.2% | 39.5% | 41.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £33.3k | £87.5k | £49.7k |
| Profit per employee | — | £369 | £283 | £1.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 68.7% | 229.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲60.9% | ▲32.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼53.1% | ▲1038% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲390.6% | ▼38.9% | ▲132.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £732k | £3.4m | £2.6m | £5.7m |
| Net assets | £202k | £441k | £425k | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £462k | £3m | £3.4m | £7.1m |
| Current assets | £776k | £3.7m | £2.9m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £13.9k | £35.6k | £8.4k | £32k |
| Cash from operations | — | £3.4m | £254k | £5.3m |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £49.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 229.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲301%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲119%
- Now £5.7m
- Headcount
- ▲133%
- Now 1,117
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲107%
- Now £7.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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