Midshire Signature Services Limited
Registered name: MIDSHIRE SIGNATURE SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Midshire Catering Services Limited groupMidshire Signature Services Limited made £11.6m revenue and £219k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Midshire Signature Services Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £11.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £219k profit and 315 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Hooton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hooton, North West
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £15.5m | £11.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £12.1m | £9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.4m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £216k | £322k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £186k | £302k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £131k | £219k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £131k | £219k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £8.1m | £6.1m |
| Employees (average) | 296 | 311 | 350 | 315 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.8% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 21.6% | 23% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £44.3k | £37k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £374 | £696 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −305.7% | −104.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼24.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲67.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.1% | — | ▼10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £293k | £194k | £179k | £110k |
| Net assets | £428k | £527k | £457k | £476k |
| Fixed assets | £105k | £112k | £185k | £247k |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £755k | £804k | £828k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£661k | −£336k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £37k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £696
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −104.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £476k
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £110k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 315
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲33%
- Now £247k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Midshire Catering Services Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Midshire Signature Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £219k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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