C & C CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED
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Cash
£4.2m
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
32
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.7m
Period ending 2025-12-31
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.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,669,712 | £15,642,605 | £18,200,232 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,842,522 | £391,910 | £1,655,265 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,863,972 | £415,730 | £1,673,426 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,387,870 | £314,320 | £1,214,787 | — | |
| Cash | £4,148,994 | £3,174,620 | £4,217,250 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,794,056 | £4,837,479 | £6,041,936 | — | |
| Net assets | £4,676,738 | £4,766,058 | £5,980,845 | — | |
| Equity | £4,676,738 | £4,766,058 | £5,980,845 | — | |
| Average employees | 28 | 32 | 32 | — | |
| Wages | £1,450,806 | £2,286,448 | £1,179,212 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £685,881 | £1,217,016 | £129,424 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £128,545 | £45,624 | £2,796 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £216,000 | £872,311 | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 8 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 2.5% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 2.0% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.4% | 8.1% | 27.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.7% | 53.5% | 55.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.55x | 1.82x | 1.78x |
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
- Murray Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- C & C CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED · parent
- C & C Catering Fabrications Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Turnover was adversely affected in 2024 and the quarter 1 of 2025 by the collapse of a major Contractor, ISG.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRINKWORTH-BELL, Laura Michelle | Secretary | 2025-09-01 | — | — |
| EMERY, Ross | Director | 2024-10-29 | Nov 1978 | British |
| HILL, Laurence Walter | Director | 2024-10-29 | Oct 1980 | British |
| STANLEY, Timothy Peter | Director | 2024-10-29 | Sep 1980 | British |
| STOKES, Dale David | Director | 2024-10-29 | Aug 1978 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTTON, Heidi | Secretary | 1993-01-04 | 2024-11-13 |
| JEFFERIES, Suzanne Isabel | Secretary | 2024-11-13 | 2025-09-01 |
| KITCHIN, Enid Lloyd | Secretary | — | 1993-01-04 |
| BERROW, Ian | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2020-04-22 |
| BERROW, Ian | Director | — | 2017-10-27 |
| CLARK, Trevor | Director | 2012-08-17 | 2015-10-02 |
| CLARK, Trevor | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2007-10-19 |
| CLOW, Ian | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2004-04-08 |
| DAY, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2002-01-25 |
| DAY, Mark Jonathan | Director | 1993-05-01 | 1995-05-31 |
| FARRELL, Peter Graham | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2024-10-29 |
| HARTHARN, Keith | Director | 2023-01-26 | 2024-11-13 |
| KITCHIN, Enid Lloyd | Director | — | 2018-02-22 |
| KITCHIN, John Parish | Director | — | 1997-07-01 |
| KITCHIN, Matthew James | Director | 2022-02-10 | 2026-05-13 |
| KITCHIN, Peter Nigel | Director | — | 2026-05-13 |
| LAWRENSON, Stan | Director | 1995-11-01 | 1997-06-18 |
| MUNDY, John Paul | Director | 2022-08-23 | 2024-11-13 |
| PARRY, Paul | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2024-10-29 |
| ROXBURGH, Mark Anthony | Director | 2015-08-07 | 2024-11-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C & C Catering Equipment (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-28 | Active |
| Mr Peter Nigel Kitchin | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 190 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-15 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-09-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-11-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.