WSH AND SOMERSET LARDER LIMITED

1. WSH AND SOMERSET LARDER LIMITED 2021-11-26 → present
2. AGHOCO 2142 LIMITED 2021-11-25 → 2021-11-26

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In assessing the group's ability to continue as a going concern, the directors have considered the performance of the business through 2024 and ongoing performance and cash flow in 2025. The directors believe these results, including continued growth in trading and resilience in the financial performance of the group, coupled with the positive outlook and the continued support of the parent WSH, reinforce the directors' confidence that the group can meet all its obligations as they fall due through to at least the end of 2026. Accordingly, the directors have formed a judgement that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. WSH AND SOMERSET LARDER LIMITED · parent
   1. South West Larder Limited 100% · England and Wales · Catering services
   2. WSH Anglian Larder Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant

Significant events

• “The Company is the parent of South West Larder Limited, a company which offers a wide range of food and hospitality services, working closely with clients who understand the benefits of local sourcing and delivery. Somerset Larder operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with continuous supply, primarily supporting a key large-scale project of critical national importance.”
• “During the period we sold, on average, 270,000 meals per month, compared with 233,000 in 2023, demonstrating strong turnover growth of 15.3%.”
• “Our strategic ambitions align with the WSH group; we are looking to work closely with major national infrastructure projects in the future using our local and regional supply chains across the UK. The WSH ethos revolves around local supply chains and local employment, a vision shared by the founders of Somerset Larder.”
• “In 2024, the absolute corporate carbon footprint increased 6.0%. However, the total economic intensity, measured as GHG emissions per £ of revenue, decreased 12.5%.”
• “On 28 June 2024, the group became a wholly owned WSH group subsidiary, thus has opted to apply the exemption contained in Section 33 of FRS 102 and has not disclosed details of transactions with wholly owned group companies.”

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

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

3

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +15.3%

  £32,909,000 → £37,934,000

• Cash

  +22.6%

  £3,198,000 → £3,920,000

• Net assets

  +89.1%

  £1,078,000 → £2,039,000

• Employees

  +5.6%

  342 → 361

• Operating profit

  +26.2%

  £1,425,000 → £1,798,000

• Profit before tax

  +38.6%

  £1,079,000 → £1,496,000

• Wages

  +21.3%

  £12,144,000 → £14,729,000

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