JACARANDA CATERING LIMITED
Company number 06180406 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Jacaranda Catering Limited is a long-established niche event caterer that has undergone significant contraction since the pandemic, with total assets declining 56% from their 2019 peak. While the business has restored positive net assets (£88,064) after the 2020 crisis period, near-stagnant retained earnings growth in 2024 (£1,161) indicates margin compression consistent with sector-wide food and wage inflation. The net current liability position of (£37,494) is a structural concern, though the substantial cash balance of £261,305 — likely including client advance deposits — provides operational headroom. The company's premium Cowdray Park location and 17-year trading history offer competitive resilience, but the business appears to be operating at a significantly reduced scale compared to its pre-pandemic position.
Shareholders' funds
£88,064
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is event catering activities.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2007-03-23
- Employees
- 69 (2024 accounts · was 77 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 1 Riverground Stables Cowdray Ruins, Easebourne, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9AL
- Postcode
- GU29 9AL
- Capital
- 484 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-23
- Next due by
- 2027-04-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 56210 Event catering activities
Officers 4 current · 1 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA351680 (Tier 1), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- jacarandacatering.com
- Phone
- +441730810900, 01730 810900
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| RIVERGROUND STABLES COWDRAY PARK, MIDHURST, WEST SUSSEX, GU29 9AL | 2014-03-25 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 17/08/2009 FROM, UNIT 2, WYNDHAM BUSINESS PARK, MIDHURST, WEST SUSSEX, GU29 9RE | 2009-08-17 |
| UNIT 2, WYNDHAM BUSINESS PARK, MIDHURST, WEST SUSSEX, GU29 9RE | 2009-08-17 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 130 similar companies in GU
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (69 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2007.
No.20 of the largest event catering activities companies in Guildford →
Competitors Guildford
This company ranks 20 among event catering activities in Guildford.
The class of 2007
14%
of the 695 companies in this sector incorporated in 2007 are still active today; 85% 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
- 2009-07-03
- Where
- West Sussex
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSX328841 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2009-07-03 | — |
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