DOLCE LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£7,792,705
Balance sheet as at 2025-07-25
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of provision of catering services to schools across the UK.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1990-02-15
- Employees
- 2228 (2025 accounts · was 2113 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 1 Christchurch Way, Woking, United Kingdom, GU21 6JG
- Postcode
- GU21 6JG
- Capital
- 1,157 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-07-25
- Next due by
- 2027-04-30
- Financial year end
- 31 July
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-15
- Next due by
- 2027-03-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 96090 Other service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 15 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by D3S ENTERPRISE LTD — since 2025-10-30
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 7
£10,719,963 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 7.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2024-08-31) — 2 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA238630 (Tier 1), registered since 2017.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
8.2%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- dolce.co.uk
- Phone
- 01942707709
We cook fresh, nutritious meals for primary, secondary and independent schools right across the UK. Get in touch and let’s talk catering.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| D.C.S. (NORTH WEST) LIMITED | 2001-01-23 |
| WISESTAR LIMITED | 1990-04-09 |
Previous registered addresses 7
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 5 CHARLES STREET, LEIGH, LANCASHIRE, WN7 1DB | 2016-03-15 |
| C/O SHADDICK SMITH ROYAL BANK OF, SCOTLAND CHAMBERS MARKET STREET, LEIGH, LANCASHIRE WN7 1ED | 2005-12-07 |
| BROSEREY HOUSE, 116 BRADSHAWGATE, LEIGH, LANCASHIRE WN7 4NT | 2001-01-23 |
| 257 BOLTON ROAD, ASHTON IN MAKEFIELD, LANCS, WN4 8TG | 2000-09-20 |
| 8 BRIDGEMAN TERRACE, WIGAN, LANCASHIRE WN1 1SX | 1992-11-11 |
| 8 BRIDGEMAN TERRACE, WIGAN, LANCASHIRE WN1 1SX | 1992-11-11 |
| 4 BISHOPS AVENUE, NORTHWOOD, MIDDLESEX, HA6 3DG | 1990-04-04 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,043 similar companies in GU
The largest employer among its local peers (2228 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1990.
No.3 of the largest other service activities not elsewhere classified companies in Guildford →
Competitors Guildford
This company ranks 3 among other service activities not elsewhere classified in Guildford.
The class of 1990
46%
of the 523 companies in this sector incorporated in 1990 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
- 2014-07-22
- Where
- Buckinghamshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM389877 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2014-07-22 | — |
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