Cake Decor Ltd
Registered name: CAKE DECOR LTD
Part of Idun Industri As groupCake Decor Ltd made £27.6m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Cake Decor Ltd’s revenue grew 34% to £27.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.5m profit and 106 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery” and is based in Cumbernauld; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cumbernauld, Scotland
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 immediate parent company is NIC Enterprises Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales,”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.5m | £17.5m | £22.5m | £20.5m | £27.6m |
| Cost of sales | £8.3m | £11.1m | £14.8m | £12.7m | £16.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £6.4m | £7.6m | £7.8m | £10.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.5m | £2.7m | £3.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £2.4m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £919k | £965k | £945k | £1.8m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £919k | £965k | £945k | £1.8m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £4.1m | £4.3m | £3.2m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 108 | 119 | 112 | 106 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 5.5% | 4.2% | 8.8% | 9.2% |
| Gross margin | 38.3% | 36.7% | 33.9% | 38.1% | 38.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £140k | £162k | £189k | £183k | £260k |
| Profit per employee | £9.5k | £8.9k | £7.9k | £16.1k | £23.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29% | ▲28.6% | — | ▲34.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5% | ▼2% | — | ▲39.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.3% | ▲10.2% | — | ▼5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £229k | £817k | £1.5m | £3.1m | £3.6m |
| Net assets | £8.6m | £9.5m | £10.5m | £5.3m | £7.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.3m | £6.3m |
| Current assets | £9m | £13.3m | £15.5m | £11.7m | £12.7m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.7m | £2.6m | £4.3m | £5.4m |
| Deferred income | £17.2k | £4k | £0 | £655k | £479k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £260k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.4%
- 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
- ▲47%
- Now £7.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £3.6m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 106
- Deferred income
- ▼27%
- Now £479k
- Fixed assets
- ▲89%
- Now £6.3m
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
- Idun Industri As (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Nic Enterprises Limited75–100%
- Cake Decor Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Orchard Valley Foods LimitedRev. £35.8m · Profit £1.8m
- Call Caterlink LtdRev. — · Profit £129
- CBD Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- County Confectionery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- For All Baking LtdFigures not disclosed
- Gortrush Trading LimitedRev. — · Profit −£288k
- Marcantonio Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- One Nic UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Waverley Bakery LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Walkers Chocolates LimitedBirmingham · Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery
- Revenue
- £34.2m
- Profit
- £689k
- Staff
- 126
- Ambala Foods LimitedEnfield · Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery
- Revenue
- £14m
- Profit
- £1.3m
- Staff
- 173
- Tom Hannah (Agencies) LimitedRenfrewshire · Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery
- Revenue
- £11.9m
- Profit
- £303k
- Staff
- 47
- Barry Callebaut Beverages UK LtdChester · Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery
- Revenue
- £9.9m
- Profit
- £4k
- Staff
- 25
- Crilco Confections LimitedCo.down · Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery
- Revenue
- £9.8m
- Profit
- £2.3m
- Staff
- 42
- Jakemans (Confectioners) LimitedGloucester · Manufacture of sugar confectionery
- Revenue
- £21.5m
- Profit
- £2.8m
- Staff
- 65
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 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.