Fanfare Restaurants Ltd
Registered name: FANFARE RESTAURANTS LTD
Fanfare Restaurants Ltd made £31.3m revenue and £535k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Fanfare Restaurants Ltd’s revenue fell 1% to £31.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £535k profit and 664 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Motherwell; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Motherwell, Scotland
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.3m | £26.8m | £31.6m | £31.3m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £9.8m | £11m | £10.6m |
| Gross profit | £11.6m | £17m | £20.7m | £20.7m |
| Operating profit | £167k | £861k | £37k | £862k |
| Profit before tax | £109k | £691k | −£175k | £713k |
| Profit after tax | £86.1k | £335k | £51.3k | £535k |
| Profit (best available) | £86.1k | £335k | £51.3k | £535k |
| Staff costs | £5m | £7.3m | £9.5m | £9.1m |
| Employees (average) | 375 | 563 | 630 | 664 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 63.3% | 63.5% | 65.4% | 66.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £48.9k | £47.7k | £50.2k | £47.1k |
| Profit per employee | £230 | £594 | £81 | £806 |
| Cash conversion | −467% | −229.1% | −2691% | 122.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲46.5% | ▲17.9% | ▼1.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲288.7% | ▼84.7% | ▲943.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50.1% | ▲11.9% | ▲5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £2m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £883k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £5.2m | £4.6m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £1.3k | £52.7k | £1.5k | £3.1k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £510k | £333k |
| Cash from operations | −£779k | −£2m | −£995k | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £47.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £806
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 122.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- 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
- 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
- ▲33%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 664
- Deferred income
- ▼35%
- Now £333k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £4.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £535k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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