VENUE CATERING AND EVENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£26K
-85% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+57% vs 2023
Employees
377
-1.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£716K
+0.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- VENUE CATERING AND EVENTS LIMITED 2019-10-21 → present
- THE GALLOPING GOURMET (COULSDON) LIMITED 2004-06-03 → 2019-10-21
- GALLOPING GOURMET (COULSDON) LIMITED 2004-05-21 → 2004-06-03
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 | £17,836,492 | £19,024,691 | |
| Operating profit | £721,870 | £780,674 | |
| Profit before tax | £711,877 | £715,728 | |
| Net profit | £478,181 | £715,728 | |
| Cash | £172,407 | £25,942 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,860,287 | £3,363,640 | |
| Net assets | £1,255,880 | £1,971,608 | |
| Equity | £1,255,880 | £1,971,608 | |
| Average employees | 382 | 377 | |
| Wages | £5,751,531 | £6,078,911 |
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 | 4.0% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.2% | 23.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | 72.24x | 12.02x |
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
- Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HASTIE, Angus James | Director | 2007-12-01 | Dec 1974 | British |
| HASTIE, Diana Mary | Director | 2004-06-07 | Jan 1946 | British |
| HASTIE, Ian Frank | Director | 2004-06-07 | Sep 1937 | British |
| HEWSON, Christopher Charles | Director | 2022-12-19 | May 1975 | British |
| OWENS, Stuart David | Director | 2013-08-12 | Nov 1974 | British |
| ROBSON, Simon Andrew | Director | 2004-08-19 | Apr 1965 | British |
| WILKINSON, Steven James | Director | 2014-08-20 | May 1965 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASTIE, Angus James | Secretary | 2013-11-15 | 2021-11-09 |
| HASTIE, Ian Frank | Secretary | 2004-06-07 | 2013-09-02 |
| MORAN, David | Secretary | 2013-09-02 | 2013-11-15 |
| HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-05-21 | 2004-05-21 |
| HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-05-21 | 2004-05-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artemis Venue Services Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-10 | Active |
| Country House Wedding Venues Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+6.7%
£17,836,492 £19,024,691
-
Cash
-85%
£172,407 £25,942
-
Net assets
+57%
£1,255,880 £1,971,608
-
Employees
-1.3%
382 377
-
Operating profit
+8.1%
£721,870 £780,674
-
Profit before tax
+0.5%
£711,877 £715,728
-
Wages
+5.7%
£5,751,531 £6,078,911
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