Pre-tax profits at the Irish arm of takeaway food delivery service Deliveroo last year increased by 37% to €2.89m as revenues further increased.
New accounts show that pre-tax profits rose at Deliveroo Ireland Ltd as revenues also increased by 10% from €58.08m to €64.09m.
The directors for the firm state that the revenue increase in 2025 is “is a result of increased demand, the change in ordering behaviour and sales mix”.
The directors state that gross profit increased from €28.09m to €30.15m, representing a 7% increase “which is reflective of both increased demand and the scalable unit economics of the business model”.
The company’s operating profits increased by 10% from €1.5m to €1.66m and profits were further increased by finance income of €1.2m to a pre-tax profit of €2.89m.
The finance income received twice the finance income of €607,451 received in 2024.
On the company’s future developments, the directors state that “the development and growth of existing activities and improving key customer value proposition pillars will continue to be the focus of attention in the coming year, with an increased focus on supporting sustainable profitability and cash generation, through driving efficiency”.
Numbers directly employed by the company here last year decreased further from 27 to 23 as staff costs dropped from €2.06m to €1.89m that included a share based payment charge of €37,730.
The company’s non-cash depreciation costs last year totalled €151,063. The company’s cost of sales totalled €33.94m and other operating expenses amounted to €24.54m while administrative expenses totalled €3.94m.
The firm recorded post tax profits of €2.23m after incurring a corporation tax charge of €666,087.
At the end of December last, the firm’s accumulated profits totalled €10.9m while the company’s cash funds decreased from €52.09m to €47.43m.
In October 2025, San Francisco-headquartered firm DoorDash finalised its $3.9 billion in cash acquisition of Deliveroo’s global business.
In 2025, Doordash Inc generated nearly $75 billion in sales for local merchants across over 40 countries and over $20 billion in earnings for its independent contractors known as ‘Dashers’.
This year, Deliveroo Ireland’s parent, the UK based Deliveroo Ltd approved and paid interim dividends totalling £275m to the company’s sole shareholder DoorDash Inc.
Reporting by Gordon Deegan
