THE ARCHES COOKERY SCHOOL LIMITED
Company number 07047046 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
The Arches Cookery School Limited presents a textbook case of a sub-scale experiential education provider trapped in persistent insolvency, with negative net assets recorded in seven of the last ten financial years and a working capital deficit that has widened to £57,721 in FY2026. While the brief FY2022–2024 recovery aligned with the post-pandemic experience economy boom, the sharp reversal to a £13,838 deficit — against a backdrop of sustained food inflation, energy cost pressures, and softening consumer demand — suggests structural rather than cyclical challenges. The company's competitive position as a single-employee, rural, in-person only operator leaves it poorly positioned against sector trends toward hybrid delivery and scale-driven margin improvement.
Shareholders' funds
-£13,838
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2009-10-16
- Employees
- 1 (2026 accounts)
- Registered office
- Grinkle Park Farm, Easington, Saltburn-By-The-Sea, England, TS13 4UD
- Postcode
- TS13 4UD
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-16
- Next due by
- 2026-10-30
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85590 Other education not elsewhere classified
Officers 1 current · 2 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA930402 (Tier 1), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 5 SWINBURNE ROAD, EAGLESCLIFFE, STOCKTON-ON-TEES, CLEVELAND, TS16 0AA | 2018-06-01 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 237 similar companies in TS, trading since 2009
Competitors Middlesbrough
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3. ASIC UK LTD
This company ranks 118 among other education not elsewhere classified in Middlesbrough.
The class of 2009
34%
of the 1,360 companies in this sector incorporated in 2009 are still active today; 63% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.