SEARCY TANSLEY AND COMPANY LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In assessing the Searcys group's ability to continue as a going concern, the directors have considered the performance of the business through 2024 and ongoing performance and cash flow in 2025. The directors believe these results, including continued growth in trading and resilience in the financial performance of the”

Group structure

1. SEARCY TANSLEY AND COMPANY LIMITED · parent
   1. Mockingbird Catering Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
   2. Party Ingredients Catering Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · Catering services
   3. Searcys - 30 Euston Square Limited 100% · England and Wales · Catering services
   4. Searcys 1847 Champagne Bar Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
   5. Searcys at Horizon 22 Ltd 100% · England and Wales · Catering services
   6. TOB Restaurants Limited 100% · England and Wales · Catering services
   7. X Est Catering Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant

Significant events

• “2024 was another year of sustained growth for the business with turnover increasing 12% on the prior period. The full year effect of prior period openings and further new business secured in the year contributed to over two thirds of turnover growth while KPIs and margins continued their improvement both in relation to turnover and profit versus prior year results.”
• “The business is proud to have been awarded new contracts with some of the most reputable organisations in and around London including Buckingham Palace Summer Café, Gray's Inn and the Academy of Medical Sciences.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +11.7%

  £73,429,000 → £82,016,000

• Cash

  +28.9%

  £2,948,000 → £3,799,000

• Net assets

  +92.2%

  £3,787,000 → £7,280,000

• Employees

  +10.4%

  826 → 912

• Operating profit

  +52.8%

  £3,083,000 → £4,711,000

• Profit before tax

  +52.8%

  £3,083,000 → £4,711,000

• Wages

  +14.4%

  £27,824,000 → £31,840,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers