Heritage Portfolio Limited
Registered name: HERITAGE PORTFOLIO LIMITED
Part of Sodexo S.A. groupHeritage Portfolio Limited made £16.5m revenue and a £877k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Heritage Portfolio Limited’s revenue grew 32% to £16.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £877k and 472 employees. The company is classified under “event catering activities” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.9m | £12.5m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | £10m | £10.1m | £12.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.4m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | −£1.4m | −£906k | −£887k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.3m | −£897k | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | −£710k | −£877k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£710k | −£877k |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £5.2m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 486 | 427 | 472 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −8.9% | −5.7% | −5.3% |
| Gross margin | 16% | 19.4% | 23.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £24.4k | £29.3k | £34.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.2k | −£1.7k | −£1.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▲31.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.1% | ▲10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £933k | £886k | £310k |
| Net assets | −£5.1m | −£5.8m | −£6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £719k | £528k | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £4.2m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £808k | £976k | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £34.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.4%
- 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 −£6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £310k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 472
- Deferred income
- ▲94%
- Now £1.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▲253%
- 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
- Sodexo S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sodexo Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sodexo Limited75–100%
- Sodexo Live UK Limited75–100%
- Heritage Portfolio Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Centerplate Europe LimitedRev. — · Profit £297k
- Sports Travel and Hospitality LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Lunchtime Company LtdCambridge · Event catering activities
- Revenue
- £15.5m
- Profit
- £447k
- Staff
- 599
- Juniper Ventures LimitedLondon · Event catering activities
- Revenue
- £15.1m
- Profit
- £231k
- Staff
- 421
- Global Infusion Group LtdAston Clinton · Event catering activities
- Revenue
- £18.1m
- Profit
- £41.4k
- Staff
- 76
- Banana Split LimitedLondon · Event catering activities
- Revenue
- £19m
- Profit
- £1.1m
- Staff
- 31
- Supernote LimitedLondon · Event catering activities
- Revenue
- £21.4m
- Profit
- £915k
- Staff
- 174
- D & J Mobile Catering LimitedLeicester · Event catering activities
- Revenue
- £12.1m
- Profit
- £457k
- Staff
- 62
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£877k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.