LEXINGTON CATERING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-17 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£114K
+24.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+28.3% vs 2023
Employees
972
+33.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+26.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LEXINGTON CATERING LIMITED 2001-09-14 → present
- COTMORE WELLS LIMITED 1997-10-10 → 2001-09-14
- SOUTH MARSH LIMITED 1997-09-03 → 1997-10-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £61,292,497 | £76,750,725 | |
| Operating profit | £3,014,652 | £3,699,319 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,869,305 | £2,370,181 | |
| Net profit | £1,826,117 | £2,365,723 | |
| Cash | £91,564 | £113,601 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,408,824 | £10,959,048 | |
| Net assets | £8,372,651 | £10,738,374 | |
| Equity | £8,372,651 | £10,738,374 | |
| Average employees | 729 | 972 | |
| Wages | £23,358,934 | £31,498,567 |
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 | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.9% | 33.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.4% | 64.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.72x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | 2.62x | 2.70x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors confirm that, after reviewing base case forecasts, capital expenditure commitments, working capital movements and expected cash flows, and existing cash facilities, they have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the current financial year and for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW, Neil Scott | Secretary | 2025-04-28 | — | — |
| EDMONDS, Julia Caroline | Director | 2017-01-23 | Feb 1968 | British |
| ROE, Catherine Margaret | Director | 2014-10-01 | Nov 1960 | British |
| SAVVA, Eleni | Director | 2016-11-30 | Jan 1972 | British |
| WOOD, Matthew James | Director | 2024-03-20 | May 1972 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROPPER, Daniel Michael | Secretary | 2022-09-09 | 2025-04-28 |
| HUMPHREY, Catherine Lesley | Secretary | 2004-08-17 | 2005-04-08 |
| LEWIS, Katharine | Secretary | 2005-04-08 | 2014-10-01 |
| LUKE, Joanna | Secretary | 2014-10-01 | 2021-11-12 |
| SAVVA, Eleni | Secretary | 2021-11-12 | 2022-09-09 |
| DENE LEGAL & COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-09-03 | 2004-08-17 |
| BOSTON, Nicholas Ian | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2016-11-30 |
| EDMONDS, Julia | Director | 2008-09-04 | 2014-10-01 |
| KIRBY, Robert Michael | Director | 2008-09-04 | 2014-10-01 |
| LEFEBVRE, Pascal | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2021-01-15 |
| LEWIS, Katharine | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2014-10-01 |
| LINDNER, Rachel Jane | Director | 2002-06-17 | 2014-10-01 |
| MARSH, Pamela Joan | Nominee Director | 1997-09-03 | 2002-01-01 |
| PELABON, Dominique | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2015-08-01 |
| PETIT, Gilles Didier Bruno | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2015-03-10 |
| PHILLIPS, Nicolas Jonathon | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2003-09-01 |
| PROWSE, Clare | Director | 2001-09-14 | 2005-09-30 |
| SMITH, Clive Edmund | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2003-04-30 |
| SUNLEY, Michael Andrew | Director | 2002-05-20 | 2019-12-31 |
| WEST, Timothy John | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2016-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elior Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-31 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-31 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-11-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
+25.2%
£61,292,497 £76,750,725
-
Cash
+24.1%
£91,564 £113,601
-
Net assets
+28.3%
£8,372,651 £10,738,374
-
Employees
+33.3%
729 972
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Operating profit
+22.7%
£3,014,652 £3,699,319
-
Profit before tax
+26.8%
£1,869,305 £2,370,181
-
Wages
+34.8%
£23,358,934 £31,498,567
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