THOMAS FRANKS LIMITED
Company number 05171922 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Thomas Franks Limited is a large, privately held UK contract caterer operating in the outsourced food services sector, with turnover growing 31.2% to £130.9m in the year to September 2025. Its margins and returns are typical of high-volume institutional catering, though cash reserves have fallen sharply as the business funds expansion through education, corporate, stadia, and international contracts. The company is a significant mid-tier independent player with niche strengths, but it faces sector-wide wage and food inflation, thin operating margins, and competition from larger global catering groups.
Shareholders' funds
£8,388,638
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
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The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-07-06
- Employees
- 2732 (2025 accounts · was 2180 in 2024)
- Registered office
- The Stables Hook Norton Brewery, Brewery Lane, Hook Norton Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5NY
- Postcode
- OX15 5NY
- Capital
- 79 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 1 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
- 2026-01-31
- Next due by
- 2027-02-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 56290 Other food services
Officers 13 current · 28 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£26,000,000 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
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Gender pay gap
24.86%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom quarter for parity
Contact details
- Website
- thomasfranks.com
- Phone
- 01608 738070, 09689800902
Thomas Franks is a family-owned catering partner with a global reputation for serving exceptional food made from locally sourced produce.
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 4 HEATH COURT, QUEEN STREET, HOOK NORTON, OXFORDSHIRE, OX15 5EG | 2010-07-27 |
| THE STABLES HOOK NORTON BREWERY, BREWERY LANE, HOOK NORTON, OXFORDSHIRE, OX15 5NY | 2010-07-27 |
| BIX MANOR, BIX, HENLEY ON THAMES, OXFORDSHIRE RG9 4RS | 2007-06-29 |
| WINTERTON HOUSE, NIXEY CLOSE, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE SL1 1ND | 2006-01-25 |
| 150 FRIAR STREET, READING, RG1 1HG | 2004-09-15 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 90 similar companies in OX
The largest employer among its local peers (2732 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2004.
No.1 of the largest other food services companies in Oxford →
Competitors Oxford
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3. BESOLEX LTD
This company ranks 1 among other food services in Oxford.
The class of 2004
36%
of the 232 companies in this sector incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 61% 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
- 2025-01-27
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGL630454 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-01-27 | — |
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