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Jamie Oliver Holdings pays 1.7m dividend after profits nearly halve

Pre-tax profits fell to £1.25m from £2.4m a year earlier, hurt by £1.46m in exceptional restructure costs and pre-opening expenses for a new cookery school.

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Jamie Oliver and Jools Oliver paid themselves a £1.7m dividend after pre-tax profits at Jamie Oliver Holdings nearly halved, according to accounts filed at Companies House. The payout was more than 40% lower than the prior year, after the group reported a sharp drop in earnings.

The chef’s food and media group said sales were broadly steady at £28.4m in 2025, while pre-tax profits slumped to £1.25m from £2.4m a year earlier. HousingWire reports the decline was driven by £1.46m of exceptional costs tied to a business restructure that resulted in about 20 job losses from the Olivers’ media team.

Profits were also pressured by pre-opening costs related to a new cookery school in John Lewis’s Oxford Street outlet in London. The company said sales at owned and operated restaurants rose 17% to £4.3m, while franchise sales rose 6.5% to £4m.

Cookery school income increased 48% to £1.6m, and the group cited strong demand for its Eat Yourself Healthy cookbook, which it said sold nearly 70,000 copies in its first week and ranked as a No 1 global bestseller. The filing also pointed to continued performance from back catalogue book titles and international television content distribution.

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