MOMENTUM SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-16 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
+109.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-11.1% vs 2023
Employees
715
+3.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-5.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MOMENTUM SERVICES LIMITED 1999-12-22 → present
- SHELFCO (NO.1774) LIMITED 1999-11-09 → 1999-12-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £66,325,416 | £74,099,341 | |
| Operating profit | £1,491,852 | £1,526,526 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,530,860 | £1,449,376 | |
| Net profit | £1,359,223 | £1,409,501 | |
| Cash | £4,960,992 | £10,377,947 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £2,275,485 | £2,022,365 | |
| Equity | £2,275,485 | £2,022,365 | |
| Average employees | 690 | 715 | |
| Wages | £28,700,589 | £33,096,394 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.8% | 91.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | 132.39x | 14.20x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have formed a judgement that as at the date of approving the financial statements, there are adequate resources to continue in existence for the foreseeable future, (which they have considered up to the renewal of the new contract with Eurostar) and, as such, the financial statements have been prepared on an ongoing concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The current economic situation due to the war in Ukraine which are continuing to impact the UK and Continental markets and this could still lead to uncertainty during 2025.”
- “The Directors consider that for operational and logistical reasons linked to the tender timetable, the break clause will not be executable until mid-2026 with the new contract foreseen to start in December 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEESEMAN, David Stewart | Secretary | 2022-04-20 | — | — |
| BIGARD, Nicolas | Director | 2025-05-01 | Feb 1974 | French |
| CHEESEMAN, David Stewart | Director | 2004-11-23 | Feb 1963 | British |
| WHITTAKER, Frank Stanley | Director | 2014-01-15 | Oct 1947 | British |
| ZAIDAN, Joseph Nabil | Director | 2000-02-04 | Dec 1957 | French |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYRNE, Helen | Secretary | 2007-03-14 | 2013-12-19 |
| GHIRARDUZZI, Antonio | Secretary | 2014-03-18 | 2022-04-20 |
| MASON, Timothy Charles | Secretary | 2000-09-29 | 2007-03-14 |
| TAUTZ, Helen Jane | Secretary | 2000-02-04 | 2000-09-29 |
| EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-11-09 | 2000-02-04 |
| ARCHER, Josephine | Director | 2000-09-22 | 2002-09-30 |
| BENFATTI, Giovanni | Director | 2002-12-18 | 2008-12-05 |
| BIASONI, Christian | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2024-10-01 |
| BIRCHAM, Kim | Director | 2006-01-18 | 2014-01-15 |
| CROCE SEBASTIANI, Fabio | Director | 2008-12-05 | 2022-04-20 |
| DE NIGRIS, Giosue | Director | 2024-10-01 | 2025-04-30 |
| FABBIAN, Valentino | Director | 2000-02-04 | 2016-04-15 |
| FISCHER, Eduard Peter | Director | 2005-08-03 | 2006-01-18 |
| HILL, Andrew David | Director | 2000-02-04 | 2000-09-22 |
| KEATING, Anthony John | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2014-01-15 |
| KEEGANS, Peter | Director | 2002-09-30 | 2004-11-23 |
| LAXTON, Kevin Edward | Director | 2005-03-22 | 2005-08-03 |
| MANGANO, Giuseppe | Director | 2000-02-04 | 2000-05-04 |
| MITCHELL, Ian Brian | Director | 2009-09-24 | 2014-01-15 |
| PETIT, Gerald Marion Guillaume | Director | 2005-03-22 | 2007-12-12 |
| WHITTAKER, Frank Stanley | Director | 2000-02-04 | 2012-12-01 |
| WORRELL, Roger Arthur | Director | 2007-12-11 | 2009-09-24 |
| ZOBOLI, Alberto Ghelfi | Director | 2000-09-22 | 2002-12-18 |
| MIKJON LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1999-11-09 | 2000-02-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chef Express Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+11.7%
£66,325,416 £74,099,341
-
Cash
+109.2%
£4,960,992 £10,377,947
-
Net assets
-11.1%
£2,275,485 £2,022,365
-
Employees
+3.6%
690 715
-
Operating profit
+2.3%
£1,491,852 £1,526,526
-
Profit before tax
-5.3%
£1,530,860 £1,449,376
-
Wages
+15.3%
£28,700,589 £33,096,394
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