CHURCHILL CATERING LIMITED
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Executive summary
Churchill Catering Limited represents a transitioning mid-tier contract caterer that has delivered strong balance sheet growth and successfully reversed a previous working capital deficit. While the business faces sector-wide margin pressures and carries a notable HMRC tax dispute liability, its strategic positioning has fundamentally shifted for the better following its acquisition by Vertas Group Limited. This transition from a family-owned SME to a subsidiary within a larger facilities management group provides the embedded market access and institutional capital necessary to outpace standalone competitors in the consolidating UK catering market.
Shareholders' funds
£427,122
Balance sheet as at 2018-01-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1996-08-02
- Registered office
- 2 Friars Bridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom, IP1 1RR
- Postcode
- IP1 1RR
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 2 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
- 2026-08-02
- Next due by
- 2027-08-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 56102 Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
- 56210 Event catering activities
- 56290 Other food services
Officers 3 current · 6 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by VERTAS GROUP LIMITED — since 2018-06-15
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£60,000 total awarded value where published.
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Gender pay gap
0%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2018/19
Contact details
- Website
- churchillcatering.co.uk
- Phone
- 01473263600, 03301758553
Churchill Catering offer contract and commercial catering in Suffolk and throughout the UK,
Previous registered addresses 8
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SUFFOLK HOUSE 7 HYDRA, ORION COURT ADDISON WAY, GREAT BLAKENHAM, SUFFOLK, IP6 0LW | 2018-06-19 |
| 82C EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, ESSEX, CO1 2QW | 2012-05-30 |
| THE GABLES, OLD MARKET STREET, THETFORD, NORFOLK IP24 2EN | 2007-09-24 |
| C/O FINNIGAN & CO, 39 LOWER BROOK STREET, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK IP4 1AQ | 2006-03-22 |
| THE GABLES, OLD MARKET STREET, THETFORD, NORFOLK IP24 2EN | 2002-04-24 |
| LOVEWELL BLAKE, THE GABLES, OLD MARKET STREET, THETFORD, NORFOLK IP24 2EN | 2001-10-26 |
| 52 BURLEIGH STREET, THE GRAFTON CENTRE, CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB1 1DJ | 1999-06-01 |
| NEW COMMON FARM NEW COMMON ROAD, MARKET WESTON, NORFOLK, IP22 2PG | 1997-02-26 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 143 similar companies in IP
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1996.
No.4 of the largest unlicenced restaurants and cafes companies in Ipswich →
Competitors Ipswich
This company ranks 4 among unlicenced restaurants and cafes in Ipswich.
The class of 1996
45%
of the 41,233 companies incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2018-05-11
- Where
- Surrey
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY853309 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2018-05-11 | — |
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