Pabulum Limited
Registered name: PABULUM LIMITED
Part of Compass Group PLC groupPabulum Limited made £549k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023 (revenue not disclosed).
Pabulum Limited reported £549k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 741 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Rubery; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rubery, West Midlands
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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: “On 1 August 2023, 100% of the company's share capital was purchased by CH & CO Catering Group Limited, with the ultimate parent entity being Equistone LLP. At the period end, CH & CO Catering Group Li”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.4m | £24.5m | — |
| Cost of sales | £18.6m | £21.1m | £14.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £3.4m | — |
| Operating profit | £636k | £646k | — |
| Profit before tax | £638k | £649k | £728k |
| Profit after tax | £593k | £550k | £549k |
| Profit (best available) | £593k | £550k | £549k |
| Staff costs | £11.9m | £12.8m | £8.7m |
| Employees (average) | 764 | 810 | 741 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 2.2% | — |
| Gross margin | 16.9% | 13.9% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £29.3k | £30.3k | — |
| Profit per employee | £776 | £679 | £741 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.6% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £415k | £996k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £238k | £153k | £91.1k |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £7.6m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £741
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £996k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 741
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £91.1k
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
- Compass Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Hospitality Holdings Limited75–100%
- Compass Group Holdings Public Limited Company75–100%
- Compass Group, UK and Ireland Limited75–100%
- Orchestra Topco Limited75–100%
- Orchestra Midco Limited75–100%
- Orchestra Holdco Limited75–100%
- Orchestra Bidco Limited75–100%
- CH & Co Catering Group (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- CH & Co Catering Group Limited75–100%
- Pabulum Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Citrea Catering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Citrea LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pabulum Catering LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (9)
- Blue Apple Catering Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CH & Co Catering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Company of Cooks Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Concerto Group Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Creativevents LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Gather & Gather LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Harbour & Jones LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- The Brookwood Partnership LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Vacherin LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £549k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.