CITY CATERING SOUTHAMPTON

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

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

TC Group

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. CITY CATERING SOUTHAMPTON · parent
   1. City Catering Southampton (Trading) Ltd 100% · United Kingdom · corporate catering, meals on wheels to private customers and all commercial trading operations

Significant events

• “The decision of Hampshire County Council, Education Catering (HC3S) to withdraw from the provision of school catering services caused significant upheaval across Hampshire and left all local authority-maintained schools requiring new catering arrangements.”
• “Valentine Primary School rejoined our member network in the year and we were also successful in retaining St. Marks CE School and Springhill Primary School at tender. Further contracts have been signed post year-end.”
• “In December 2024 the Government announced a 5p uplift in the rate of funding for universal infant free school meals from £2.53 to £2.58 backdated to the start of the academic year September 2024.”
• “In October 2024 the Government Budget delivered widely expected increases to Employer National Insurance (NI) contributions, reduced the NI threshold and increased the National Minimum Wage. The impact has been hard on our charity, unsurprisingly, but because the measures were deferred until April 2025, they did not impact this trading year.”
• “Meals on Wheels. The charity provided subsidised meals on wheels services to those people who are in receipt of a local-authority care package, and in doing so offers support to those in the community who may be vulnerable and/or elderly. This service was terminated as of 31st January 2024.”
• “Care Home Kitchen Management. ...This service was terminated as of 31st January 2024”
• “Meanwhile, operational disruptions caused by power and water failures at Mason Moor Primary in December tested our business continuity planning”
• “The sudden and tragic loss of our colleague Nikkii Bond in March 2025 was deeply felt across our charity.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +1.3%

  £5,502,491 → £5,576,612

• Cash

  -17.9%

  £701,729 → £576,046

• Net assets

  +11.5%

  £1,596,977 → £1,780,877

• Employees

  -5.1%

  217 → 206

• Wages

  +6.5%

  £2,490,923 → £2,653,755

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