Happy Bar and Grill Limited
Registered name: HAPPY BAR AND GRILL LIMITED
Happy Bar and Grill Limited made £11.8m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2024. read from filing text
Happy Bar and Grill Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £11.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2024, with £1.8m profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 company is controlled by”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.4m | £9.8m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £3.6m | £5.4m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £4.4m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | −£705k | £65.5k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£725k | −£9.3k | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£725k | −£9.3k | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£725k | −£9.3k | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 75 | 101 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −11.3% | −0.1% | 15.1% |
| Gross margin | 43.4% | 44.7% | 50.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £94.7k | £131k | £117k |
| Profit per employee | −£10.7k | −£125 | £17.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | −904.9% | 67.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲52.5% | ▲20.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▲34.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £2.1m | £733k |
| Net assets | −£6.8m | −£6.8m | −£5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £2.9m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £5.6m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £94.5k | £102k | £29.2k |
| Deferred income | £5.2m | £5.1m | £5.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.9m | −£593k | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £117k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 67.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 43.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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 −£5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £733k
- Headcount
- ▲35%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £5.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £2.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2024 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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