J.M.C. Restaurants Limited
Registered name: J.M.C. RESTAURANTS LIMITED
J.M.C. Restaurants Limited made £45.3m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
J.M.C. Restaurants Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £45.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 948 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Lisburn; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lisburn, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.3m | £36.6m | £42m | £43.4m | £45.3m |
| Cost of sales | £11.9m | £13.1m | £14.7m | £14.4m | −£14.4m |
| Gross profit | £23.4m | £23.5m | £27.4m | £29.1m | £30.9m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £563k | £2.1m | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £3.9m | £496k | £2.1m | £1.2m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £643k | £1.6m | £526k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £643k | £1.6m | £526k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £8.2m | £9.8m | £11.1m | £12.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 836 | 967 | 1,043 | 1,034 | 948 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 1.8% | 3.9% | 1.2% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 66.3% | 64.2% | 65.1% | 66.9% | 68.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £42.2k | £37.9k | £40.3k | £42k | £47.8k |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | £665 | £1.6k | £509 | £1.5k |
| Cash conversion | −145% | −534.1% | −160.8% | −166.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.8% | ▲14.8% | ▲3.4% | ▲4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼78.6% | ▲152.1% | ▼67.5% | ▲174.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.7% | ▲7.9% | ▼0.9% | ▼8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £6m | £5.9m | £6.3m | £5.8m | — |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.6m | £6.3m | £6.2m | — |
| Fixed assets | £7.9m | £6.6m | £5.4m | £4.3m | — |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £6.4m | £6.7m | £6.3m | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £13.1k | £1.7k | £2.9k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£5.9m | −£3m | −£3.4m | −£1.8m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 68.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £47.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- 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 948
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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