AIREDALE CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED
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Cash
£424k
-41.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£17m
+10.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
74
-16.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2m
+47.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,062,000 | £27,143,000 | £28,471,000 | +4.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,204,000 | £1,338,000 | £1,968,000 | +47.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,174,000 | £1,338,000 | £1,968,000 | +47.1% | |
| Net profit | £891,000 | £1,360,000 | £1,572,000 | +15.6% | |
| Cash | £1,179,000 | £722,000 | £424,000 | -41.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,993,000 | £15,348,000 | £16,920,000 | +10.2% | |
| Net assets | £13,988,000 | £15,348,000 | £16,920,000 | +10.2% | |
| Equity | £13,988,000 | £15,348,000 | £16,920,000 | +10.2% | |
| Average employees | 84 | 89 | 74 | -16.9% | |
| Wages | £3,329,000 | £3,745,000 | £3,184,000 | -15% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £47,000 | £0 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 4.9% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 5.0% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.6% | 8.7% | 11.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.6% | 46.8% | 50.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.04x | 2.12x | 1.99x | |
| Interest cover | 40.13x | — | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AIREDALE CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED 1986-09-24 → present
- AIREDALE FAST FOOD EQUIPMENT LIMITED 1985-05-14 → 1986-09-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- AIREDALE CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED · parent
- Airedale Technical Services Limited 52%
Significant events
- “The Company has given an unlimited guarantee and debenture to Apera and HSBC Bank plc in respect of amounts owed by Airedale Catering Equipment Group Limited and its other subsidiaries. The amount guaranteed is £25,852,000 (2024: £22,965,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Joanna Claire | Director | 2025-12-01 | Dec 1976 | British |
| BYWELL, Charlotte Elizabeth | Director | 2022-06-15 | Oct 1979 | British |
| BYWELL, Robert Howard | Director | 2010-03-01 | Jun 1973 | British |
| WOODFORD, Paul | Director | 2011-06-20 | Jul 1971 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHODES, John | Secretary | — | 2011-06-20 |
| BRIDGER, Michael James | Director | 2003-02-03 | 2009-08-24 |
| BYWELL, Peter Howard | Director | — | 2013-02-12 |
| GORDGE, Michael | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2023-03-01 |
| GRAVELLS, David Peter Anthony | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2011-07-31 |
| OAKLEY, Gerald | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2010-09-28 |
| RHODES, John | Director | — | 2013-02-12 |
| RITCHIE, Malcolm | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2015-06-18 |
| ROWBOTHAM, Ian | Director | — | 2011-01-31 |
| SISSON, Ian Richard | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2023-03-01 |
| VELIC, Adnan | Director | 2022-06-15 | 2025-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airedale Catering Equipment Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-14 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-02-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-02-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-02-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-02-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-02-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.