Massarella Catering Group Limited
Registered name: MASSARELLA CATERING GROUP LIMITED
Massarella Catering Group Limited made £21.6m revenue and £974k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Massarella Catering Group Limited’s revenue was £21.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £974k profit and 594 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Laughton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Laughton, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.8m | £21.6m | £21.6m |
| Cost of sales | £16.2m | £18m | £17.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £846k | £664k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £792k | £703k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £681k | £557k | £974k |
| Profit (best available) | £681k | £557k | £974k |
| Employees (average) | 684 | 716 | 594 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 2.6% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 18.1% | 16.9% | 19.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £29k | £30.2k | £36.4k |
| Profit per employee | £996 | £778 | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9% | ▲0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.2% | ▲74.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▼17% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £181k | £161k | £210k |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £23.5k | £9.8k | £17.1k |
| Deferred income | £128k | £102k | £106k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £36.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 594
- Deferred income
- ▲4%
- Now £106k
- Fixed assets
- ▲30%
- Now £210k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Massarella Restaurants LimitedRev. £16.9m · Profit £702k
- Caffe Ori LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Massarella Catering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Massarella Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £974k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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