CHRISTEYNS FOOD HYGIENE LTD

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-11 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-11-27

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£5M

0% vs 2023

Net assets

£12M

+3% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

+19.5% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£9M

-21.9% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

CHRISTEYNS FOOD HYGIENE LTD 2017-11-24 → present
KLENZAN LIMITED 1989-12-29 → 2017-11-24

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Basic Materials median

CHRISTEYNS FOOD HYGIENE LTD·Basic Materials median · n=623

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£14,874,956	—	£17,211,598	—	£18,107,002	—	£29,468,906	—	£36,018,916	£32,453,508
Operating profit	£466,695	—	£2,031,239	—	£2,079,880	—	£4,574,671	—	£10,788,080	£8,329,316
Profit before tax	£465,888	—	£2,030,440	—	£2,079,492	—	£4,575,015	—	£10,889,015	£8,501,906
Net profit	£339,882	—	£1,650,861	—	£1,700,931	—	£3,665,858	—	£8,283,289	£6,339,374
Cash	£118,585	—	£1,762,070	—	£2,463,722	—	£2,095,262	—	£5,024,070	£5,024,465
Total assets less current liabilities	£4,336,599	—	£5,245,842	—	£7,033,295	—	£9,142,155	—	£11,509,357	£11,824,475
Net assets	£4,322,640	—	£5,223,501	—	£6,924,432	—	£8,990,290	—	£11,273,579	£11,612,953
Equity	£4,322,640	£4,322,640	£5,223,501	£5,223,501	£6,924,432	£6,924,432	£8,990,290	£8,990,290	£11,273,579	£11,612,953
Average employees	69	—	72	—	73	—	77	—	77	92
Wages	£3,043,599	—	£3,504,643	—	£3,541,377	—	£3,880,020	—	£4,469,552	£5,028,964

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

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	3.1%	—	11.8%	—	11.5%	—	15.5%	—	30.0%	25.7%
Net margin	2.3%	—	9.6%	—	9.4%	—	12.4%	—	23.0%	19.5%
Return on capital employed	10.8%	—	38.7%	—	29.6%	—	50.0%	—	93.7%	70.4%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.44x	3.11x
Interest cover	578.31x	—	2542.23x	—	5360.52x	—	25556.82x	—	62000.46x	47325.66x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Forvis Mazars LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Directors of the Company have undertaken a robust forecasting exercise looking at existing and future business prospects and remain confident of a strong sales line. The period of assessment covers a period of at least 12 months from the date of the audit report. The Company is in a strong position giving the Directors a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that it can face future challenges. As such the Directors are satisfied that the Company remains a going concern and the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”

Group structure

CHRISTEYNS FOOD HYGIENE LTD · parent
1. Klenzan Direct Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
2. In Site Control Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
3. Anti-Germ (UK) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
4. H & M Disinfection Systems Limited 100% · England and Wales · Trading

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

People

6 active · 11 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BAYLISS, Christopher	Director	2022-06-01	Oct 1970	British
BETHEL, Andrew	Director	2012-08-03	Aug 1969	British
HUNNEMAN, Graham Nigel	Director	2012-08-03	Oct 1963	British
JONES, Neil Garry	Director	2019-10-01	Sep 1964	British
WITTOUCK, Jozef	Director	2012-08-03	Oct 1962	Belgian
CHRISTEYNS NV	Corporate Director	2014-05-22	—	—

Show 11 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BELL, Lynne	Secretary	2000-04-01	2012-08-03
PRATT, Stephen Philip	Secretary	—	1994-07-04
TYREMAN, Tony John	Secretary	1994-07-04	2000-03-31
BELL, John Kevin	Director	—	2017-03-31
BELL, Lynne	Director	1996-04-10	2012-08-03
BOSTOEN, Alain	Director	2012-08-03	2014-05-22
CHAMBERS, David Brian	Director	1996-03-05	2012-08-03
GARTHWAITE, Nicholas James	Director	2012-08-03	2022-06-01
LITTLETON, Peter Michael	Director	2022-06-01	2025-09-02
PRATT, Stephen Philip	Director	—	1996-05-30
SIMPSON, Ian	Director	—	1996-05-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Alain Joseph Bostoen	Individual	Significant influence	2017-01-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 120 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-09-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-01-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-01-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-06-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-06-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-06-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-01-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-03-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-01-04	CH02	officers	Change corporate director company with change date	PDF
2020-10-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-01-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-10-09	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2019-09-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

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

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

-9.9%

£36,018,916 £32,453,508
Cash

0%

£5,024,070 £5,024,465
Net assets

+3%

£11,273,579 £11,612,953

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

+19.5%

77 92

highest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

-22.8%

£10,788,080 £8,329,316
Profit before tax

-21.9%

£10,889,015 £8,501,906
Wages

+12.5%

£4,469,552 £5,028,964

highest in 6 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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