Red Oak Taverns Limited
Registered name: RED OAK TAVERNS LIMITED
Part of Red Oak Taverns Group Topco Limited groupRed Oak Taverns Limited made £25.5m revenue and £6.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Red Oak Taverns Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £25.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £6.7m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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: “The ultimate parent company is Red Oak Taverns Group Topco Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.5m | £23.5m | £25.5m |
| Cost of sales | £6.6m | £8.5m | £9.5m |
| Gross profit | £12.9m | £15m | £16m |
| Operating profit | £13m | £7.1m | £8m |
| Profit before tax | £6.7m | −£44.8k | £8.6m |
| Profit after tax | £4.7m | £74.6k | £6.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.7m | £74.6k | £6.7m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 33 | 33 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 24.1% | 0.3% | 26.5% |
| Gross margin | 66.2% | 63.7% | 62.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £590k | £712k | £773k |
| Profit per employee | £142k | £2.3k | £205k |
| Cash conversion | 53% | 123.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.7% | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼98.4% | ▲8945% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.8m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £37.4m | £37.3m | £44.5m |
| Fixed assets | £109m | £120m | £125m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £5.9m | £7.3m |
| Debtors | £616k | £753k | £479k |
| Deferred income | — | £253k | £79.7k |
| Cash from operations | £6.9m | £8.7m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £773k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £205k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 489.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- 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 £44.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲123%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▼69%
- Now £79.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £125m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Red Oak Taverns Group Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Red Oak Taverns Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Red Oak Taverns Holdings Limited75–100%
- Red Oak Taverns Intermediary Limited75–100%
- Red Oak Taverns Finance Limited75–100%
- Red Oak Taverns Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Bath & Stratford Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Red Oak Taverns Acquisitions 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 2025 (profit £6.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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