CHEF LEASING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-16 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-02
Watchouts
Cash
£45K
-77.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
+15.8% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£268K
+373.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CHEF LEASING LIMITED 2012-11-26 → present
- ABERNA FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT LIMITED 2004-09-07 → 2012-11-26
- ACRAMAN (373) LIMITED 2004-06-23 → 2004-09-07
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 | £593,283 | £676,310 | |
| Operating profit | -£75,763 | £267,905 | |
| Profit before tax | -£97,908 | £267,905 | |
| Net profit | -£75,365 | £200,931 | |
| Cash | £195,641 | £44,679 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,272,014 | £1,472,945 | |
| Net assets | £1,272,014 | £1,472,945 | |
| Equity | £1,272,014 | £1,472,945 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | -12.8% | 39.6% | |
| Net margin | -12.7% | 29.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.0% | 18.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.6% | 31.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.94x | 3.20x | |
| Interest cover | -3.42x | — |
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
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore adopts the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRINKWORTH-BELL, Laura Michelle | Secretary | 2024-05-23 | — | — |
| WALSHAM, Andrew Stuart | Director | 2021-12-13 | Aug 1964 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARR, Timothy James | Secretary | 2015-03-02 | 2016-11-24 |
| CHAN, Seng Boon | Secretary | 2016-11-24 | 2024-05-23 |
| PRITCHARD, Jamie | Secretary | 2004-11-30 | 2015-03-02 |
| TLT SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-06-23 | 2004-11-30 |
| CARR, Timothy James | Director | 2015-03-02 | 2018-04-27 |
| CROMWELL, Richard James | Director | 2013-12-16 | 2021-12-13 |
| GÖLDENBOT, Klaus Peter | Director | 2017-08-31 | 2020-04-30 |
| MC MAHON, Paul | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2017-08-31 |
| NISBET, Andrew | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2021-12-13 |
| PRITCHARD, Jamie | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2015-03-02 |
| WHITE, Robin John Anthony | Director | 2021-12-13 | 2024-08-14 |
| TLT DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-06-23 | 2004-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunzl Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-05-23 | Active |
| Key West (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-08-31 | Ceased 2024-05-23 |
| Nisbets Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-10-12 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-12 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-12 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-31 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-10-12 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2023-10-12 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+14%
£593,283 £676,310
-
Cash
-77.2%
£195,641 £44,679
-
Net assets
+15.8%
£1,272,014 £1,472,945
-
Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
+453.6%
-£75,763 £267,905
-
Profit before tax
+373.6%
-£97,908 £267,905
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