KITCHEN CIVILS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9M
+28.7% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£2.1M
+17.2% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
39
+14.7% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2M
-37.2% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £22,578,091 | £22,624,174 | £31,718,343 | £36,546,215 | +15.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,361,938 | £1,153,590 | £1,833,551 | £1,127,222 | -38.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,354,994 | £1,154,961 | £1,832,169 | £1,151,321 | -37.2% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,103,663 | £888,508 | £1,310,104 | £827,848 | -36.8% | |
| Cash | £434,419 | £1,448,279 | £1,254,127 | £1,295,097 | £1,489,304 | £1,917,416 | +28.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £863,852 | £1,289,843 | £1,596,031 | £1,470,800 | £2,008,490 | £2,279,025 | +13.5% | |
| Net assets | £842,592 | £1,228,629 | £1,310,987 | £1,219,495 | £1,829,599 | £2,144,758 | +17.2% | |
| Equity | £842,592 | £1,228,629 | £1,310,987 | £1,219,495 | £1,829,599 | £2,144,758 | +17.2% | |
| Average employees | 17 | 20 | 28 | 27 | 34 | 39 | +14.7% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,313,233 | £1,189,159 | £1,519,370 | £1,630,586 | +7.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £329,610 | £292,731 | £496,123 | £347,630 | -29.9% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 6.0% | 5.1% | 5.8% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 4.9% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 85.3% | 78.4% | 91.3% | 49.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.28x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 78.10x | — |
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
- KITCHEN CIVILS LIMITED 2014-05-02 → present
- KITCHEN LATTIMORE LTD 2013-09-13 → 2014-05-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Dutton Moore
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARDCASTLE, Amy Louise | Secretary | 2023-08-03 | — | — |
| HARDCASTLE, Amy Louise | Director | 2021-11-01 | Aug 1986 | British |
| KIRBY, Daniel | Director | 2022-10-01 | Apr 1995 | British |
| KITCHEN, James Robert | Director | 2013-09-13 | Sep 1979 | British |
| QUIBELL, Simon Edward | Director | 2019-05-21 | Sep 1983 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KITCHEN, Zoe Leanne | Secretary | 2013-09-13 | 2023-08-03 |
| LATTIMORE, Simon | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2014-02-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchen Civils (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr James Robert Kitchen | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-08-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-05-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.