ROADCHEF MOTORWAYS LIMITED

1. ROADCHEF MOTORWAYS LIMITED 1993-04-26 → present
2. ROADCHEF LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1993-04-26
3. GALLEON ROADCHEF LIMITED 1973-07-17 → 1978-12-31

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 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors are of the opinion that, having regard to the funding available from other group companies, the Company has sufficient funds to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. ROADCHEF MOTORWAYS LIMITED · parent
   1. Roadchef (Chester) Limited
   2. Roadchef (Clacket Lane) Limited
   3. Roadchef (Durham) Limited
   4. Roadchef (Killington) Limited
   5. Roadchef Costa Coffee Limited
   6. Superlodge Limited
   7. Roadchef (Pont Abraham) Limited
   8. Roadchef (Rownhams) Limited
   9. Roadchef (Sandbach) Limited
   10. Roadchef (Sedgemoor) Limited
   11. Roadchef (Taunton) Limited

Significant events

• “During the year, management sought to enhance the diversity and convenience of the Group's catering offerings, with the opening of a McDonald's Drive Thru unit at Chester, as well as a further two Leon units, at Maidstone and Sedgemoor.”
• “Finally, during the year, the Group entered an agreement to lease certain units at Folkestone services located at Junction 11 of the M20. A McDonald's and Costa Coffee, both including Drive Thru lanes, a WH Smith and a Gaming area were all opened in January 2025, adding a significant new strategic location for the Group.”

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

1

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

  -5.8%

  £159,806,000 → £150,463,000

• Cash

  +22.9%

  £3,691,000 → £4,535,000

• Net assets

  +4.5%

  £233,002,000 → £243,592,000

• Employees

  -2.3%

  2,264 → 2,212

• Operating profit

  -51.3%

  £21,024,000 → £10,242,000

• Profit before tax

  -54.1%

  £20,932,000 → £9,615,000

• Wages

  +7.5%

  £33,220,000 → £35,725,000

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