LIFE KITCHENS FOR LIVING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£201K
+214.1% vs 2024
Net assets
-£7M
-25.5% vs 2024
Employees
75
+7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
+15% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,853,000 | £8,964,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,218,000 | -£1,897,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,381,000 | -£2,025,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,820,000 | -£1,508,000 | |
| Cash | £64,000 | £201,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£3,337,000 | -£5,525,000 | |
| Net assets | -£5,921,000 | -£7,429,000 | |
| Equity | -£5,921,000 | -£7,429,000 | |
| Average employees | 70 | 75 | |
| Wages | £2,154,000 | £2,474,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -28.2% | -21.2% | |
| Net margin | -23.2% | -16.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 66.5% | 34.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 155.6% | 171.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.30x | 0.29x | |
| Interest cover | -13.61x | -14.82x |
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
- UNW LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The ability of the company to continue as a going concern is dependent on the continuing support of its parent company, Danesmoor Group Limited. Danesmoor Group Limited has confirmed that it will continue to support the company for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Danesmoor group as a whole has considerable financial resources and financing facilities. Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £11,325,000 and net liabilities of £7,429,000 at the balance sheet date, after making enquiries the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- LIFE KITCHENS FOR LIVING LIMITED · parent
- Cookhouse Design York Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMSON, Graham Ronald | Secretary | 2023-01-31 | — | — |
| HOLMES, Marc John | Director | 2017-11-01 | Sep 1965 | British |
| STEPHENSON, Mark William Winspear | Director | 2017-11-01 | Jun 1962 | British |
| STEPHENSON, Oliver John Winspear | Director | 2017-11-01 | Jun 1991 | British |
| THOMSON, Graham Ronald | Director | 2023-01-31 | Feb 1976 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHISKER, Jonathan Barclay | Secretary | 2017-11-01 | 2023-01-31 |
| WHISKER, Jonathan Barclay | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2023-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danesmoor Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-11-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 31 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-02-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+14.1%
£7,853,000 £8,964,000
-
Cash
+214.1%
£64,000 £201,000
-
Net assets
-25.5%
-£5,921,000 -£7,429,000
-
Employees
+7.1%
70 75
-
Operating profit
+14.5%
-£2,218,000 -£1,897,000
-
Profit before tax
+15%
-£2,381,000 -£2,025,000
-
Wages
+14.9%
£2,154,000 £2,474,000
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