DIET CHEF LIMITED
Company number SC328517 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Diet Chef Limited is a small, loss‑making player in the UK weight‑loss meal‑delivery market, currently stabilising through parent‑company support but operating with negative equity and a qualified audit opinion. Its niche brand and lean operational model offer a turnaround opportunity, but the company must diversify revenue, reduce debt dependence, and invest in customer retention to achieve sustainable growth. Without a clear path to positive equity and independent cash generation, strategic options remain constrained.
Shareholders' funds
-£332,078
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2007-07-31
- Employees
- 2 (2025 accounts · was 5 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 2 Rennie Square, Brucefield Industrial Estate, Livingston, Scotland, EH54 9DF
- Postcode
- EH54 9DF
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-31
- Next due by
- 2027-08-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47910 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Officers 4 current · 16 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by MOVE FRESH LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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DIET NOW LTD Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z136582X (Tier 1), registered since 2008.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- dietchef.com
- Phone
- 01312202473, 03031231113
Want to lose weight? It's simple with Diet Chef - We give you breakfast, lunch, dinner and a snack for each day for £5.57. So you just tuck in and enjoy.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DIRECT CHEF LIMITED | 2009-05-05 |
| DAILY DEALS LIMITED | 2008-01-29 |
Previous registered addresses 7
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 46 MELVILLE STREET, EDINBURGH, EH3 7HF | 2019-05-13 |
| ROSEWELL HOUSE 2 HARVEST DRIVE, NEWBRIDGE, MIDLOTHIAN, EH28 8QJ | 2015-08-12 |
| 46 MELVILLE STREET, EDINBURGH, EH3 7HF, SCOTLAND | 2015-08-12 |
| STUART HOUSE ESKMILLS, STATION ROAD, MUSSELBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, EH21 7PB | 2009-09-11 |
| UNIT 6 EVANS BUSINESS CENTRE, 2 HARVEST ROAD, NEWBRIDGE, MIDLOTHIAN, EH28 8AN | 2008-12-12 |
| UNIT 6 EVANS BUSINESS CENTRE, HARVEST ROAD NEWBRIDGE, EDINBURGH, LOTHIAN, EH28 8LW | 2008-08-26 |
| 1 GREENBANK TERRACE, EDINBURGH, EH10 6ER | 2008-05-09 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 258 similar companies in EH, with 2 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors Edinburgh
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1. SUBCOLD LTD
This company ranks 503 among retail sale via mail order houses or via internet in Edinburgh.
The class of 2007
33%
of the 996 companies in this sector incorporated in 2007 are still active today; 63% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.