CEDABOND CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED
Company number 01299869 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Cedabond Catering Equipment Limited operates as a purchasing consortium for 151 catering industry members, utilising a company-limited-by-guarantee structure that explains its intentionally thin net assets of just £22,265 against £6.5M in throughput. While the 48-year track record and lean 4-person operation demonstrate established efficiency, the consortium shows concerning signs of competitive erosion: total assets have declined 22% since 2023, rebate income fell 21% year-on-year, and member distributions dropped 19%. The organisation occupies a mid-tier niche in the UK catering equipment buying group sector, but declining supplier concessions and the emergence of digital procurement alternatives present meaningful strategic challenges that its modest capital base and flat retained reserves may limit its ability to address.
Shareholders' funds
£22,265
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 1977-02-23
- Employees
- 4 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Knowledge Centre, Wyboston Lakes Great North Road, Wyboston, Bedford, England, MK44 3BY
- Postcode
- MK44 3BY
- Accounts category
- Small
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-04
- Next due by
- 2027-03-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 56290 Other food services
Officers 8 current · 20 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- cedabond.co.uk
- Phone
- 03333440037
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 2 THE DOWNS, ALTRINCHAM, CHESHIRE, WA14 2PX | 1997-01-09 |
| PRESCOTT HOUSE, 42 MANCHESTER ROAD, WILMSLOW, CHESHIRE SK9 2JB | 1991-01-10 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 116 similar companies in MK
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1977.
No.16 of the largest other food services companies in Milton Keynes →
Competitors Milton Keynes
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3. DB OPCO LTD
This company ranks 16 among other food services in Milton Keynes.
The class of 1977
51%
of the 7,313 companies incorporated in 1977 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.