CHRISTEYNS FOOD HYGIENE LTD
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Cash
£2.6m
-48% vs 2024
Net assets
£10m
-9.7% vs 2024
Employees
98
+6.5% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.5m
-23.2% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,211,598 | £18,107,002 | £29,468,906 | £36,018,916 | £32,453,508 | £31,739,202 | -2.2% | |
| Operating profit | £2,031,239 | £2,079,880 | £4,574,671 | £10,788,080 | £8,329,316 | £6,499,498 | -22% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,030,440 | £2,079,492 | £4,575,015 | £10,889,015 | £8,501,906 | £6,530,369 | -23.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,650,861 | £1,700,931 | £3,665,858 | £8,283,289 | £6,339,374 | £4,879,266 | -23% | |
| Cash | £1,762,070 | £2,463,722 | £2,095,262 | £5,024,070 | £5,024,465 | £2,615,022 | -48% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,245,842 | £7,033,295 | £9,142,155 | £11,509,357 | £11,824,475 | £10,795,908 | -8.7% | |
| Net assets | £5,223,501 | £6,924,432 | £8,990,290 | £11,273,579 | £11,612,953 | £10,492,219 | -9.7% | |
| Equity | £5,223,501 | £6,924,432 | £8,990,290 | £11,273,579 | £11,612,953 | £10,492,219 | -9.7% | |
| Average employees | 72 | 73 | 77 | 77 | 92 | 98 | +6.5% | |
| Wages | £3,504,643 | £3,541,377 | £3,880,020 | £4,469,552 | £5,028,964 | £4,994,489 | -0.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £439,025 | £492,821 | £501,023 | £768,661 | £828,480 | £797,836 | -3.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £48,643 | £86,739 | £114,321 | +31.8% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £199,174 | £311,527 | £277,028 | -11.1% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 11.5% | 15.5% | 30.0% | 25.7% | 20.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.6% | 9.4% | 12.4% | 23.0% | 19.5% | 15.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.7% | 29.6% | 50.0% | 93.7% | 70.4% | 60.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.8% | 31.2% | 34.5% | 27.5% | 27.0% | 29.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.44x | 3.11x | 2.78x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHRISTEYNS FOOD HYGIENE LTD 2017-11-24 → present
- KLENZAN LIMITED 1989-12-29 → 2017-11-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“...the directors are satisfied that the Company remains a going concern and the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CHRISTEYNS FOOD HYGIENE LTD · parent
- Klenzan Direct Limited 100%
- In-Site Control Limited 100%
- Anti-Germ (UK) Limited 100%
- H & M Disinfection Systems Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLISS, Christopher | Director | 2022-06-01 | Oct 1970 | British |
| BETHEL, Andrew | Director | 2012-08-03 | Aug 1969 | British |
| JONES, Neil Garry | Director | 2019-10-01 | Sep 1964 | British |
| WITTOUCK, Jozef | Director | 2012-08-03 | Oct 1962 | Belgian |
| CHRISTEYNS NV | Corporate Director | 2014-05-22 | — | — |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Lynne | Secretary | 2000-04-01 | 2012-08-03 |
| PRATT, Stephen Philip | Secretary | — | 1994-07-04 |
| TYREMAN, Tony John | Secretary | 1994-07-04 | 2000-03-31 |
| BELL, John Kevin | Director | — | 2017-03-31 |
| BELL, Lynne | Director | 1996-04-10 | 2012-08-03 |
| BOSTOEN, Alain | Director | 2012-08-03 | 2014-05-22 |
| CHAMBERS, David Brian | Director | 1996-03-05 | 2012-08-03 |
| GARTHWAITE, Nicholas James | Director | 2012-08-03 | 2022-06-01 |
| HUNNEMAN, Graham Nigel | Director | 2012-08-03 | 2026-09-25 |
| LITTLETON, Peter Michael | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2025-09-02 |
| PRATT, Stephen Philip | Director | — | 1996-05-30 |
| SIMPSON, Ian | Director | — | 1996-05-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alain Joseph Bostoen | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-01-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-04 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2020-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.