CLASS CATERING SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-04 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£851K
-28.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+6.1% vs 2023
Employees
76
-22.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£289K
-39.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CLASS CATERING SERVICES LIMITED 1998-12-30 → present
- SPARKOTHER LIMITED 1998-10-21 → 1998-12-30
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £2,275,932 | £2,150,956 | |
| Operating profit | — | £413,485 | £222,144 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £477,837 | £289,400 | |
| Net profit | — | £376,213 | £213,140 | |
| Cash | — | £1,190,557 | £851,458 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,477,427 | £3,690,567 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,477,427 | £3,690,567 | |
| Equity | £3,101,214 | £3,477,427 | £3,690,567 | |
| Average employees | — | 98 | 76 | |
| Wages | — | £990,526 | £907,895 |
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 | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 18.2% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 16.5% | 9.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 11.9% | 6.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 4.56x | 5.96x | |
| Interest cover | — | 17228.54x | — |
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 continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the financial statements. The Company forms part of the Sodexo UK and Ireland group of companies... The directors believe that the Company will be able to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least the 12 month period following the date of approval of these financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DHARIWAL, Amolak Singh | Director | 2025-01-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| RENTON, Jean Mary | Director | 2019-11-01 | Dec 1968 | British |
| SMITH, Tracey Elizabeth | Director | 2025-04-10 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPEWELL, Frederick William | Secretary | 1999-10-01 | 2014-08-13 |
| DAVIS, Cathryn Frances | Secretary | 1998-11-13 | 1999-02-10 |
| JONES, Virginia Jane | Secretary | 1999-02-10 | 1999-04-12 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-10-21 | 1998-11-13 |
| ARNAUDO, Laurent Paul Joseph | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2020-01-31 |
| AUSTIN, Angela Rosemary | Director | 2014-08-13 | 2020-08-31 |
| CAPEWELL, Alison | Director | 1998-11-13 | 2014-08-13 |
| CAPEWELL, Frederick William | Director | 2003-12-17 | 2014-08-13 |
| GOOLD, Edward William | Director | 2014-08-13 | 2018-12-10 |
| HALEY, Sean Michael | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2024-12-31 |
| HUMPHREYS, Rita Ellen | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2003-08-23 |
| JONES, Virginia Jane | Director | 1998-12-10 | 1999-04-12 |
| MCCLUSKEY, Simon Keith | Director | 2021-10-27 | 2022-04-19 |
| PICCIRILLO, Angelo | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2019-11-01 |
| ROGERS, Paul | Director | 2014-08-13 | 2020-01-31 |
| SMITH, Philip John | Director | 2022-04-19 | 2024-08-30 |
| TROTTER, Owen | Director | 2014-08-13 | 2018-12-10 |
| TYSON, Sally Mary | Director | 2014-08-13 | 2020-08-31 |
| WELLER, David James | Director | 2014-08-13 | 2016-11-30 |
| WILKINSON, Andrew Ernest | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2021-10-27 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-10-21 | 1998-11-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friars 702 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
-5.5%
£2,275,932 £2,150,956
-
Cash
-28.5%
£1,190,557 £851,458
-
Net assets
+6.1%
£3,477,427 £3,690,567
-
Employees
-22.4%
98 76
-
Operating profit
-46.3%
£413,485 £222,144
-
Profit before tax
-39.4%
£477,837 £289,400
-
Wages
-8.3%
£990,526 £907,895
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