PALMER & HOWELLS LTD.
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Shareholders' funds
£300,276
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-12-31
- Employees
- 119 (2025 accounts · was 194 in 2024)
- Registered office
- International House 10 Beaufort Court, Admirals Way, London, United Kingdom, E14 9XL
- Postcode
- E14 9XL
- Capital
- 5,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-13
- Next due by
- 2026-11-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 56210 Event catering activities
Officers 3 current · 7 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by HC 1278 LIMITED — since 2017-06-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB044764 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
26.7%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2022/23
Contact details
- Website
- palmerhowells.co.uk
Created with purpose & heart We are a company that cares. Palmer & Howells is still one of a few smaller independent caterers who can offer valuable time and focus to personally support our contracts with the detailed attention they deserve. We are not a ‘one size fits all’ company, and
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| COTSWOLD CATERING & MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES LIMITED | 2003-08-12 |
| PHOENIX CATERING & MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | 1999-04-08 |
| PALMER & HOWELLS CATERING AND MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATESLIMITED | 1999-03-24 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 18 NORTH COURT, THE COURTYARD, WOODLAND, BRADLEY STOKE, BRISTOL, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE, BS32 4NQ, UNITED KINGDOM | 2018-02-06 |
| 18 NORTH COURT THE COURTYARD, WOODLANDS BRADLEY, STOKE, BRISTOL, BS32 4NQ | 2017-02-17 |
| THE ANNEXE 30 BATH ROAD, STONEHOUSE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE GL10 2JA | 2003-08-14 |
| 6 HEXHAM CLOSE, TOOTHILL, SWINDON, SN5 8LT | 1999-06-10 |
| 2 CATHEDRAL ROAD, CARDIFF, CF1 9RZ | 1999-01-06 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 418 similar companies in E
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (119 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1998.
No.7 of the largest event catering activities companies in London →
Competitors London
This company ranks 7 among event catering activities in London.
The class of 1998
42%
of the 55,900 companies incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.