Long's Supermarkets Limited
Registered name: LONG'S SUPERMARKETS LIMITED
Part of Longs Group Ltd groupLong's Supermarkets Limited made a £238k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Long's Supermarkets Limited reported a loss of £238k in the year to 31 Jan 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 7 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Ballykelly; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ballykelly, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent undertaking is Longs Supermarkets Holdco Limited.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 5 Feb 2023 | 4 Feb 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.2m | £21.9m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £20.2m | £20m | £13.4m | £0 |
| Gross profit | £2m | £1.8m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £188k | −£85.3k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £181k | −£89.3k | £5.8m | −£243k |
| Profit after tax | £66.3k | −£69.5k | £5.9m | −£238k |
| Profit (best available) | £66.3k | −£69.5k | £5.9m | −£238k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.6m | £2.8m | £533k |
| Employees (average) | 248 | 244 | 175 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | −0.3% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 9.1% | 8.4% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £89.5k | £89.7k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £268 | −£285 | £33.8k | −£34k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.4% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼204.8% | — | ▼104% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.6% | ▼28.3% | ▼96% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £606k | £382k | £2.9m | £903k |
| Net assets | £8.3m | £8.2m | £10.7m | £10.5m |
| Fixed assets | £7.4m | £7.2m | £6.8m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £3.4m | £5.4m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £4.6m |
| Deferred income | £63.7k | £61.7k | £59.7k | £57.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£34k
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £10.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £903k
- Headcount
- ▼96%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £57.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £5.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Longs Group Ltdultimate parent25–50%
- Long's Supermarkets Holdco Ltd75–100%
- Long's Supermarkets Limitedthis 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£238k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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