{"name":"AIP CATERING LIMITED","company_number":"05236743","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2004-09-21","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"One, Southampton Row, London, England, WC1B 5HA","postcode":"WC1B 5HA","sic_codes":[{"code":56290,"description":"Other food services"}],"principal_activity":"AIP Catering Limited (the \"Company\") is a holding company whose subsidiary is engaged in the provision of catering services within the education sector.","previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 August","last_made_up_to":"2025-08-31","next_due":"2027-05-31"},"employees":{"count":0,"accounts_date":"2025-08-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-08-31","profit_loss":1893,"net_assets":206325,"cash":0,"average_employees":0},{"financial_date":"2024-08-31","profit_loss":2188,"net_assets":204432,"cash":57590,"average_employees":0},{"financial_date":"2023-08-31","net_assets":202244,"cash":54672}],"officers":{"current":6,"resigned":15,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":3,"outstanding":3},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"AIP Catering Limited is a holding company within the Sodexo group that is balance-sheet insolvent on a standalone basis, with net current liabilities of £1.8M and zero cash. Standalone creditworthiness is negligible, with profitability of just £1,893 and total reliance on intercompany funding. However, the company benefits from explicit parent support via Sodexo S.A. (Baa1-rated), which has provided a letter of comfort. Any credit facility should only be approved conditional upon a formal parent company guarantee, with ongoing monitoring of group support and cash position.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/aip-catering","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/aip-catering/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/aip-catering/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05236743","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/aip-catering/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/aip-catering/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/aip-catering/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/aip-catering/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/aip-catering"}