Romann Catering Equipment Engineers Limited
Registered name: ROMANN CATERING EQUIPMENT ENGINEERS LIMITED
Part of Ifse Trustees Limited groupRomann Catering Equipment Engineers Limited made £1.4m revenue and £96k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Romann Catering Equipment Engineers Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £1.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £96k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £839k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | £276k | £615k | £400k | £557k |
| Gross profit | £562k | £756k | £762k | £795k |
| Operating profit | £124k | £202k | £149k | £128k |
| Profit before tax | £121k | £199k | £146k | £126k |
| Profit after tax | £95.8k | £162k | £109k | £96k |
| Profit (best available) | £95.8k | £162k | £109k | £96k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.4% | 11.8% | 9.4% | 7.1% |
| Gross margin | 67.1% | 55.2% | 65.5% | 58.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £105k | £152k | £129k | £169k |
| Profit per employee | £12k | £18k | £12.1k | £12k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲63.5% | ▼15.3% | ▲16.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲69.5% | ▼32.9% | ▼11.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | 0% | ▼11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £95.6k | £134k | £167k | £217k |
| Net assets | £32k | £49.4k | £58.4k | £69.4k |
| Fixed assets | £55.1k | £47.8k | £25.1k | £93.5k |
| Current assets | £347k | £448k | £406k | £473k |
| Debtors | £212k | £271k | £207k | £217k |
| Deferred income | £76.4k | £127k | £103k | £150k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £169k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.1%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £69.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £217k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲46%
- Now £150k
- Fixed assets
- ▲273%
- Now £93.5k
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
- Ifse Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ifse Group Limited75–100%
- International Food Service Equipment Limited75–100%
- Romann Catering Equipment Engineers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Bettaquip 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 Mar 2025 (profit £96k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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