Stellar Restaurants Ltd
Registered name: STELLAR RESTAURANTS LTD
Stellar Restaurants Ltd made £16.1m revenue and a £238k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Stellar Restaurants Ltd’s revenue grew 32% to £16.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £238k and 395 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.2m | £16.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £4.5m | £5.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £7.7m | £10.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £124k | −£237k |
| Profit before tax | — | £72.1k | −£323k |
| Profit after tax | — | £21.7k | −£238k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £21.7k | −£238k |
| Staff costs | — | £4m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 257 | 340 | 395 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 0.2% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 63.2% | 64.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £35.9k | £40.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | £64 | −£604 |
| Cash conversion | — | −742.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲32.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼1200% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲32.3% | ▲16.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £719k | £1m | £733k |
| Net assets | £73.7k | £71.3k | −£177k |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £841k | £1.2m | £1m |
| Debtors | £761 | £2.5k | £794 |
| Cash from operations | — | −£924k | −£159k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £40.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£604
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼348%
- Now −£177k
- Cash at bank
- ▼30%
- Now £733k
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 395
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £1.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£238k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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