Independent Catering Management Limited
Registered name: INDEPENDENT CATERING MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Independent Catering Management Limited made £24.5m revenue and £803k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Independent Catering Management Limited’s revenue was £24.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £803k profit and 633 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Surrey; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Surrey, London
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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) | £19.1m | £22.8m | £24.5m | £24.5m |
| Cost of sales | £17.6m | £20.4m | £21.7m | £21.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2.4m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | −£273k | £796k | £1.2m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | −£283k | £781k | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£233k | £572k | £940k | £803k |
| Profit (best available) | −£233k | £572k | £940k | £803k |
| Staff costs | £8.1m | £9.3m | £10.2m | £12.1m |
| Employees (average) | 556 | 556 | 594 | 633 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.2% | 2.5% | 3.8% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 8.1% | 10.5% | 11.7% | 11.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £34.4k | £41k | £41.3k | £38.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£420 | £1k | £1.6k | £1.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −115.3% | −94.8% | −37.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲7.5% | ▼0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲64.1% | ▼14.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲6.8% | ▲6.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £360k | £1.2m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.5m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £285k | £207k | £199k | £180k |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £4.2m | £5m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £194k | £143k | £113k | £104k |
| Cash from operations | £2.3m | −£918k | −£1.2m | −£388k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £38.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −37.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼15%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 633
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £180k
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Independent Catering Ltd 25–50%
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 2025 (profit £803k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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