ABSOLUTE TASTE LIMITED

Company number 03308362 ·

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Shareholders' funds

-£7,573,847

Balance sheet as at 2023-03-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of providing catering, hospitality, restaurant and event design services to a wide range of organisations, private individuals and corporate clients.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1997-01-28
Employees
363 (2023 accounts · was 299 in 2022)
Registered office
The Shed, Charbridge Lane, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, OX26 4SS
Postcode
OX26 4SS
Capital
1,000 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-31
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-05-13
Next due by
2027-05-27
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 10850 Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
  • 56210 Event catering activities

Officers 5 current · 15 resigned

Appointed 2021-04-01
MR Nick ALLEN Director
Appointed 2019-01-31
Appointed 2016-12-30
Appointed 2009-11-16
Appointed 1997-02-03

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

Controlled by THE PROPER FOOD AND DRINK COMPANY LIMITED — since 2020-09-01

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 1

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Gender pay gap

0.6%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity

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Contact details

Website
absolutetaste.com
Phone
+44 1869226670

Previous company names

NameDate changed
STARWORKS LIMITED1997-02-24

Previous registered addresses 5

AddressChanged on
PROPER FOOD AND DRINK SHED UNIT 2, BICESTER PARK, CHARBRIDGE LANE, BICESTER, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 4SS, ENGLAND2018-01-02
UNIT 2 BICESTER DISTRIBUTION PARK CHARBRIDGE LANE, BICESTER, OX26 4SS, ENGLAND2017-01-26
MCLAREN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, CHERTSEY ROAD, WOKING, SURREY, GU21 4YH2017-01-12
UNIT 22, WOKING BUSINESS PARK, ALBERT DRIVE WOKING, SURREY GU21 5JY2003-12-10
HILL HOUSE 1 LITTLE NEW STREET, LONDON, EC4A 3TR1997-09-08

Among its peers

The largest employer

of 8 similar companies in OX, with 363 staff. The oldest of its local peers.

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Competitors Oxford

This company ranks 9 among manufacture of prepared meals and dishes in Oxford.

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The class of 1997

44%

of the 50,527 companies incorporated in 1997 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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