Dishoom reported record turnover of £159.4 million for the year ended 28 December 2025, up 16% from £137 million a year earlier. The Indian restaurant group passed £150 million for the first time, and its growth is attributed to underlying like-for-like performance rather than to new openings alone.
The results cover the financial year ended 28 December 2025. Turnover rose by about £22.4 million in the year, a calculation from the two totals, and the group grew turnover by 16%. Dishoom moved beyond £150 million for the first time. Profit, the number of restaurants and the like-for-like percentage have not been published alongside the headline figures.
What the accounts show
The 16% rise compares a full 2025 with the previous financial year’s £137 million. The growth is attributed to underlying like-for-like performance, which measures sales at restaurants open in both periods and so separates the effect of existing sites from new openings.
How much of the increase came from new restaurants has not been stated. The £150 million milestone is the point the group’s results highlight, ahead of any profit figure. Dishoom is not described as a franchise, unlike the restaurant brands recruiting UK operators.
How to read a turnover rise
Turnover is sales excluding VAT. A rise in turnover can come from new restaurants, from higher sales at existing ones, or both. Like-for-like sales isolate the second effect, which is why it is the figure to watch for Dishoom.
What the headline figures leave open
Several points are not in the headline results. They do not give profit, the number of restaurants or covers, the like-for-like percentage, the staff count, or Dishoom’s plans for 2026 and beyond.
The statutory accounts are filed at Companies House, and that filing is the primary record for the turnover figure. Until the full accounts are read, the £159.4 million and 16% figures should be treated as headline results rather than a complete picture of the business.
Why like-for-like matters to operators
For any restaurant group, the split between growth from new sites and growth from existing ones shows how healthy the underlying business is. A rise driven by like-for-like sales means each restaurant is taking more money, which supports the case for opening more.
A rise driven only by new sites can mask flat or falling sales at older ones. Dishoom’s results point to the first pattern, but without the percentage, the strength of it cannot be measured. The same test applies to franchisors and franchisees reading a brand’s results: system sales matter, but same-site sales show whether the model is holding up.
What comes next
The next verifiable step is the full filing and the detail it carries on profit and sites, which would show what share of the £22.4 million rise came from new restaurants rather than from existing ones. No timetable for further announcements has been given.
Until then, the 16% and £159.4 million figures stand as the group’s reported results for 2025, and the milestone of £150 million is the benchmark against which its next year will be read. The same figures are worth checking for any brand taking on operators in the UK.
