Signature Flatbreads (UK) Ltd
Registered name: SIGNATURE FLATBREADS (UK) LTD
Signature Flatbreads (UK) Ltd made £356m revenue and £40m profit in the year to 26 Jul 2025.
Signature Flatbreads (UK) Ltd’s revenue grew 8% to £356m in the year to 26 Jul 2025, with £40m profit and 2,134 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Dunstable; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dunstable, East of England
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Jul 2023 | 26 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2024 | 26 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £285m | £330m | £330m | £356m |
| Cost of sales | −£220m | −£227m | −£227m | −£245m |
| Gross profit | £64.3m | £104m | £104m | £111m |
| Operating profit | £28.3m | £60m | £60m | £58.8m |
| Profit before tax | £27.3m | £57.1m | £57.1m | £53.9m |
| Profit after tax | £20.6m | £42.9m | £42.9m | £40m |
| Profit (best available) | £20.6m | £42.9m | £42.9m | £40m |
| Employees (average) | 1,478 | 1,977 | 1,977 | 2,134 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.2% | 13% | 13% | 11.2% |
| Gross margin | 22.6% | 31.3% | 31.3% | 31.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £193k | £167k | £167k | £167k |
| Profit per employee | £13.9k | £21.7k | £21.7k | £18.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.1% | — | ▲7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲108% | — | ▼6.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.8% | — | ▲7.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £167k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.7k
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 2,134
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 26 Jul 2025 (profit £40m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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