THE GOOD EATING COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-16
Watchouts
Cash
£316K
-33.6% vs 2023
Net assets
-£1M
+10.2% vs 2023
Employees
254
+25.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£203K
+20.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £16,431,000 | £20,523,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £184,000 | £300,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £169,000 | £203,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £15,000 | £133,000 | |
| Cash | — | £476,000 | £316,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£195,000 | -£360,000 | |
| Net assets | — | -£1,381,000 | -£1,240,000 | |
| Equity | -£1,404,000 | -£1,381,000 | -£1,240,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 203 | 254 | |
| Wages | — | £8,096,000 | £9,948,000 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
+24.9%
£16,431,000 £20,523,000
-
Cash
-33.6%
£476,000 £316,000
-
Net assets
+10.2%
-£1,381,000 -£1,240,000
-
Employees
+25.1%
203 254
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Operating profit
+63%
£184,000 £300,000
-
Profit before tax
+20.1%
£169,000 £203,000
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Wages
+22.9%
£8,096,000 £9,948,000
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 1.1% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.1% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -94.4% | -83.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.63x | 0.69x | |
| Interest cover | — | 8.76x | 2.75x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these analyses and facts, the directors believe that the Company will be able to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least the twelve month period following the date of approval of these accounts and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Growth in revenue has been driven by securing additional client contracts during the year as well as maintaining the existing portfolio of clients.”
- “Operating profit margin has increased from 1.1% to 1.5% in the year. The improvement in the margin reflects the Company's more effective cost control in the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SODEXO CORPORATE SERVICES (NO.2) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-11-05 | — | — |
| DHARIWAL, Amolak Singh | Director | 2025-01-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| RENTON, Jean Mary | Director | 2026-03-10 | Dec 1968 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AROGUNDADE, Ronke | Secretary | 2005-07-29 | 2017-11-05 |
| LUMB, Edward Laurence | Secretary | 1999-12-13 | 2001-01-11 |
| MOORE, Barry | Secretary | 2001-01-11 | 2004-11-19 |
| THOMAS, Howard | Nominee Secretary | 1999-12-13 | 1999-12-13 |
| WIGHT, Phoebe Cristina | Secretary | 2004-11-19 | 2005-07-29 |
| ARNAUDO, Laurent Paul Joseph | Director | 2017-11-05 | 2019-11-01 |
| BAILEY, David Ian | Director | 2017-11-05 | 2025-12-15 |
| ENNIS, Julie | Director | 2023-03-21 | 2024-05-24 |
| HARRIS, John Fredrick | Director | 2001-01-11 | 2017-11-05 |
| LINDNER, Robert Henry | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2017-11-05 |
| MISTRY, Carlos | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2017-11-05 |
| MOORE, Barry | Director | 2001-01-11 | 2004-11-19 |
| O'KEEFE, Lynsey Kaye | Director | 2025-06-09 | 2025-11-21 |
| REDGRAVE, Toby Michael | Director | 1999-12-13 | 2002-04-12 |
| RENTON, Jean Mary | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2025-12-15 |
| TESTER, William Andrew Joseph | Nominee Director | 1999-12-13 | 1999-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Good Eating Holdings Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-11-05 | Active |
| Mr John Fredrick Harris | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-12 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.