ABSOLUTE TASTE LIMITED
Company number 03308362 · Monitor this company
Free AI analysis
Have an AI read this company's filings and write an assessment — financial health, risks, and what the numbers say.
Shareholders' funds
-£7,573,847
Balance sheet as at 2023-03-31
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
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10850 Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
- 56210 Event catering activities
Officers 5 current · 15 resigned
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
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Gender pay gap
0.6%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Contact details
- Website
- absolutetaste.com
- Phone
- +44 1869226670
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| STARWORKS LIMITED | 1997-02-24 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PROPER FOOD AND DRINK SHED UNIT 2, BICESTER PARK, CHARBRIDGE LANE, BICESTER, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 4SS, ENGLAND | 2018-01-02 |
| UNIT 2 BICESTER DISTRIBUTION PARK CHARBRIDGE LANE, BICESTER, OX26 4SS, ENGLAND | 2017-01-26 |
| MCLAREN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, CHERTSEY ROAD, WOKING, SURREY, GU21 4YH | 2017-01-12 |
| UNIT 22, WOKING BUSINESS PARK, ALBERT DRIVE WOKING, SURREY GU21 5JY | 2003-12-10 |
| HILL HOUSE 1 LITTLE NEW STREET, LONDON, EC4A 3TR | 1997-09-08 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 8 similar companies in OX, with 363 staff. The oldest of its local peers.
Competitors Oxford
-
2. FRESHSU LTD
This company ranks 9 among manufacture of prepared meals and dishes in Oxford.
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.