Around Noon Limited
Registered name: AROUND NOON LIMITED
Part of Five Thirty Six Ltd groupAround Noon Limited made £26.4m revenue and £159k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Around Noon Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £26.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £159k profit and 287 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Newry; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newry, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2007
- 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.5m | £26.4m |
| Cost of sales | £23m | £21.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £214k | £331k |
| Profit before tax | −£76.6k | £162k |
| Profit after tax | −£108k | £159k |
| Profit (best available) | −£108k | £159k |
| Staff costs | £10m | £10.9m |
| Employees (average) | 307 | 287 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.4% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 16.3% | 17.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £89.5k | £91.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£353 | £555 |
| Cash conversion | 631.7% | 354.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £42.7k | £83k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £11.7m |
| Debtors | £4.1m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £684k | £786k |
| Cash from operations | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £91.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £555
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 354.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲94%
- Now £83k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 287
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £786k
- Fixed assets
- ▲39%
- Now £2.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Five Thirty Six Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Around Noon Foods Limited75–100%
- Around Noon Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- The Soho Sandwich Company LtdRev. £30.2m · Profit £1.4m
- Around Noon (London) LimitedRev. £22.9m · Profit −£807k
- Around Noon (Bakery) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Around Noon (Print) 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 2024 (profit £159k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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