Culinera Limited
Registered name: CULINERA LIMITED
Part of Rocket Rose Holdings Limited groupCulinera Limited made £19.7m revenue and £914k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Culinera Limited’s revenue grew 60% to £19.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £914k profit and 497 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Amersham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Amersham, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £12.3m | £19.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £11m | £17.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.3m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £821k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £826k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £614k | £914k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £614k | £914k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £5.8m | £9.5m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 171 | 319 | 497 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 10.5% | 11.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £38.6k | £39.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £1.9k | £1.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲59.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲48.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲42.5% | ▲86.6% | ▲55.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £255k | £759k | £1m | £2m |
| Net assets | £201k | £328k | £699k | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £159k | £271k | £632k | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £613k | £1.4m | £2.8m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £197k | £436k | £1m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £217k | £386k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £39.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.4%
- 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
- ▲76%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲95%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▲56%
- Now 497
- Deferred income
- ▲78%
- Now £386k
- Fixed assets
- ▲76%
- Now £1.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rocket Rose Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Culinera Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Host92 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nimbyx LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thomas & Tate 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 £914k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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