9 Cuisines Limited
Registered name: 9 CUISINES LIMITED
9 Cuisines Limited made £10.9m revenue and £130k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
9 Cuisines Limited’s revenue fell 30% to £10.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £130k profit and 116 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared meals and dishes” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2020
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.8m | £15.6m | £10.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £10.8m | £6.7m |
| Gross profit | £7.7m | £4.8m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £3.4m | £105k | £224k |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £113k | £230k |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £34.5k | £130k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £34.5k | £130k |
| Staff costs | £5.1m | £4.7m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 146 | 168 | 116 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.9% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 37.2% | 31.1% | 38.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £143k | £92.9k | £93.8k |
| Profit per employee | £18.4k | £205 | £1.1k |
| Cash conversion | −113.1% | 107.5% | 157.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.1% | ▼30.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼98.7% | ▲278% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.1% | ▼30.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £639k | £65.6k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £113k | £243k |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.1m | £701k |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £69.2k | £150k | £870k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.9m | £113k | £354k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £93.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 157.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8%
- 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
- ▲116%
- Now £243k
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £65.6k
- Headcount
- ▼31%
- Now 116
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼36%
- Now £701k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £130k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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