Loungers Limited
Registered name: LOUNGERS LIMITED
Part of CF Exedra Holdings Limited groupLoungers Limited made £406m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 20 Apr 2025.
Loungers Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £406m in the year to 20 Apr 2025, with £1.2m profit and 9,557 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 | 21 Apr 2023 | 20 Apr 2024 | 21 Apr 2024 | 20 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £284m | £353m | £353m | £406m |
| Cost of sales | −£170m | −£209m | −£209m | −£239m |
| Gross profit | £113m | £144m | £144m | £168m |
| Operating profit | £14.8m | £20.3m | £20.3m | £13.2m |
| Profit before tax | £7.3m | £11.4m | £11.4m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £6.9m | £9.1m | £9.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.9m | £9.1m | £9.1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 7,426 | 8,631 | 8,631 | 9,557 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 39.9% | 40.8% | 40.8% | 41.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £38.2k | £41k | £41k | £42.5k |
| Profit per employee | £933 | £1.1k | £1.1k | £130 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.7% | — | ▲15% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲31.7% | — | ▼86.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.2% | — | ▲10.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £42.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £130
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now 9,557
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- CF Exedra Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- CF Exedra Bidco Limited75–100%
- Loungers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Loungers Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 20 Apr 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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