Lynch's Foodstores Ltd
Registered name: LYNCH'S FOODSTORES LTD
Part of Lynch's Foodstores (Holdings) Limited groupLynch's Foodstores Ltd made £34.9m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Lynch's Foodstores Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £34.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2.1m profit and 306 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northern Ireland
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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: “Lynch's Foodstores Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lynch's Foodstores (Holdings) Limited, a company incorporated in Northern Ireland.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.9m | £30.1m | £33.4m | £34.9m |
| Cost of sales | £19.9m | £22.7m | £25.4m | £26.5m |
| Gross profit | £7m | £7.4m | £8m | £8.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2.5m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £2m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £2m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 294 | 293 | 299 | 306 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 6.5% | 6.8% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | 26% | 24.6% | 23.9% | 24% |
| Revenue per employee | £91.4k | £103k | £112k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | £6.9k | £6.7k | £7.6k | £6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.9% | ▲10.9% | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲16.3% | ▼9.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.3% | ▲2.1% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.5m | £5.9m | £7m | £6.1m |
| Net assets | £6.4m | £7.9m | £9.9m | £11.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £7.6m | £9.2m | £10.8m | £12.3m |
| Debtors | £73.8k | £93.6k | £320k | £346k |
| Deferred income | £168k | £176k | £188k | £396k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- 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
- 5.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £11.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼13%
- Now £6.1m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 306
- Deferred income
- ▲110%
- Now £396k
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £1.9m
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
- Lynch's Foodstores (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lynch's Foodstores Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- DPK Retail LtdRev. — · Profit £305k
- LFS Caw LtdRev. — · Profit −£135
- LFS Coalisland LtdRev. — · Profit −£136k
- LFS Greysteel LtdRev. — · Profit £156k
- Lynch's Property Group LtdFigures not disclosed
- Nlspgc LtdRev. — · Profit −£500
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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