ELISABETH THE CHEF LIMITED
Operating as a subsidiary of Elisabeth The Chef Holdings Limited, the company manufactures bakery and related food products.
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Cash
£135K
+12.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.7M
-15% vs 2024
Employees
275
-38.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-147.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £49,564,047 | £24,180,348 | -51.2% | |
| Operating profit | £4,219,258 | -£1,871,035 | -144.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,143,694 | -£1,952,116 | -147.1% | |
| Net profit | £3,979,951 | -£1,369,873 | -134.4% | |
| Cash | £120,258 | £134,751 | +12.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,107,057 | £7,737,184 | -15% | |
| Net assets | £9,107,057 | £7,737,184 | -15% | |
| Equity | £9,107,057 | £7,737,184 | -15% | |
| Average employees | 450 | 275 | -38.9% | |
| Wages | £11,293,194 | £7,171,542 | -36.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.5% | -7.7% | |
| Net margin | 8.0% | -5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 46.3% | -24.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.82x | 1.90x | |
| Interest cover | 55.84x | -23.08x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ELISABETH THE CHEF LIMITED 2018-01-31 → present
- SENOBLE UK LIMITED 2011-07-01 → 2018-01-31
- ELISABETH THE CHEF LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 2011-07-01
- CAPECLASS LIMITED 1981-05-13 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ford Campbell Freedman Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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.”
Significant events
- “The economic environment continues to be volatile. The business has worked proactively to make changes to address the challenges arising. We expect to see the benefits of this in future periods.”
- “For the year ended 30 April 2025, the company consumed 3,733,970 kWh of electricity (2024: 4,500,272 kWh) and 989,542 ltrs of LPG (2024: 1,342,508 ltrs). The quantity of CO2 emissions resulting from the consumption of electricity, gas and LPG was 2,314 tonnes (2024: 3,022 tonnes).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, Charles Joseph | Director | 2017-11-01 | Apr 1979 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALMERS, Julie Anne | Secretary | — | 1999-03-08 |
| MOORHOUSE, Robert Thomas | Secretary | 1999-03-08 | 2010-02-05 |
| AVRAIN, Guillaume Jean Joel Daniel | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2017-06-06 |
| BALMER, Stephen David | Director | — | 2004-05-21 |
| BECARD, Arnaud, Mister | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2017-11-01 |
| BESSET, Olivier Francois Yves | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2015-07-27 |
| BRILEY, Colin John | Director | 1996-11-04 | 1998-04-30 |
| CHALMERS, Julie Anne | Director | — | 1999-03-08 |
| DANIELL, Christopher | Director | — | 1993-07-31 |
| DAVE, Lewis, Mister | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2017-11-01 |
| EASTHAM, Stephen Ralph | Director | 2004-06-22 | 2007-03-31 |
| GIBSON, John Frederick | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2001-05-25 |
| HARRIS, Anthony Beauchamp | Director | 1992-10-05 | 2004-02-29 |
| HAYWOOD, William Sothern | Director | 2008-10-27 | 2010-03-03 |
| INTERNATIONAL, Senoble | Director | 2013-03-08 | 2017-11-01 |
| JOHNSON, Andrew Bainbridge | Director | 2004-02-16 | 2009-02-16 |
| MARSHALL, Christopher Miller | Director | 1998-12-22 | 2009-01-31 |
| MOORHOUSE, Robert Thomas | Director | 1998-12-22 | 2010-02-05 |
| OWEN, David Jeremy, Mbe | Director | — | 1999-03-08 |
| OWEN, Ena Emily | Director | — | 1996-07-25 |
| OWEN, Hilary Patricia | Director | — | 1999-03-08 |
| OWEN, Julian Christopher | Director | 1996-11-04 | 2000-03-31 |
| PECK, Andy | Director | 2014-01-16 | 2016-04-12 |
| PIERRARD, Jean-Christophe | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2014-01-16 |
| PORTERGILL, Richard George | Director | 1995-01-24 | 1999-03-08 |
| SALAMON, Francois | Director | 2009-02-10 | 2012-02-01 |
| SENOBLE, Marc | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2013-03-08 |
| TISSEAU, Pascal Louis Alphonse Joseph | Director | 2009-02-10 | 2014-06-23 |
| VALDHER, Eric | Director | 2010-03-04 | 2012-12-03 |
| WOOD, Joseph Anthony | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2022-11-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth The Chef Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-11-01 | Active |
| Mr Marc Claude Andre Senoble | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 205 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-08-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2019-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.