HARRISON CATERING SERVICES LIMITED

1. HARRISON CATERING SERVICES LIMITED 1994-02-23 → present
2. SHERIFF TRADING LIMITED 1993-09-23 → 1994-02-23

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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

James Cowper Kreston Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Following a detailed review of the 12 month cash flow forecasts, including sensitivity analysis and a reverse stress test, the directors have concluded that there are no material uncertainties that lead to significant doubt upon the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Significant events

• “Whilst food inflation has somewhat abated over the past year the pressures on labour costs continue, as a result of increases in the national living wage and the high demand for chefs and other hospitality workers.”
• “The increase in Employer National Insurance contributions in April 2025 and the reduction in the Secondary Threshold will further increase employment costs.”
• “There is currently uncertainty around the impact that the introduction of VAT on private school fees in January 2025 will have on the independent schools sector.”
• “During the year the directors considered how best to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Harrison Catering Services with employees and clients.”
• “Following the general election in July 2024 the directors discussed the most appropriate response to specific measures, including the introduction of VAT on private school fees and the changes to Employer National Insurance.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +6%

  £71,167,377 → £75,411,863

• Cash

  +47%

  £3,522,005 → £5,178,003

• Net assets

  +3.1%

  £4,459,741 → £4,598,543

• Employees

  -3.5%

  1,887 → 1,821

• Operating profit

  -5.8%

  £1,067,371 → £1,005,886

• Profit before tax

  +7.1%

  £1,169,466 → £1,252,641

• Wages

  +6.5%

  £31,239,293 → £33,280,228

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