GATE GOURMET LONDON LIMITED
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Cash
£9.9m
+184.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.2m
+110.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,136
+6.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£9.3m
-4% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £127,291,000 | £154,333,000 | £172,218,000 | +11.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£9,870,000 | -£8,275,000 | -£7,760,000 | +6.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,777,000 | -£8,958,000 | -£9,314,000 | -4% | |
| Net profit | -£9,990,000 | -£8,768,000 | -£8,086,000 | +7.8% | |
| Cash | £5,960,000 | £3,474,000 | £9,879,000 | +184.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£241,000 | £4,743,000 | £22,486,000 | +374.1% | |
| Net assets | -£3,259,000 | -£11,458,000 | £1,233,000 | +110.8% | |
| Equity | -£3,259,000 | -£11,458,000 | £1,233,000 | +110.8% | |
| Average employees | 856 | 1,068 | 1,136 | +6.4% | |
| Wages | £41,634,000 | £48,217,000 | £52,000,000 | +7.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £173,000 | £389,000 | £465,000 | +19.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £13,000 | £25,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £127,000 | £220,000 | £280,000 | +27.3% |
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 | -7.8% | -5.4% | -4.5% | |
| Net margin | -7.8% | -5.7% | -4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -174.5% | -34.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 107.6% | 127.2% | 98.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 1.02x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | — | -12.12x | -4.78x |
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
- GATE GOURMET LONDON LIMITED 1997-11-07 → present
- BYTESTORM LIMITED 1997-10-20 → 1997-11-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the latest forecasts, the Company is expected to have sufficient resources to continue operating as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company progressed the buy-out of its defined benefit pension schemes, working closely with the scheme trustees and advisers to prepare for the transaction.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, Byron | Secretary | 2020-11-13 | — | — |
| GUIDO VOGT, Adrian Wilhelm | Director | 2022-07-01 | Sep 1985 | German |
| NAIR, Sreekumar | Director | 2020-11-13 | Jul 1970 | British |
| THOMAS, Nicholas Alexander | Director | 2023-11-22 | Sep 1977 | British |
| VAN DEN BERG, Norbert (Adrianus Nicolaas) | Director | 2021-05-01 | Jul 1966 | Dutch |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZIZ, Owais | Secretary | 2011-09-27 | 2012-06-26 |
| BRADLEY, Anne Teresa | Secretary | 2002-02-14 | 2003-07-31 |
| BURTON, Mark Andrew | Secretary | 2009-03-04 | 2011-09-27 |
| DHILLON, Ravinder Singh | Secretary | 2004-12-13 | 2005-02-14 |
| ELLIS, Stephen | Secretary | 2003-07-31 | 2003-12-12 |
| EVERED, Diane Patricia | Secretary | 2003-12-12 | 2004-12-13 |
| GLASGOW, John | Secretary | 1997-11-14 | 2000-01-20 |
| JONES, Michael John | Secretary | 2005-12-28 | 2009-03-04 |
| KARAM, Michel | Secretary | 2000-01-20 | 2001-03-26 |
| NAIR, Sreekumar | Secretary | 2012-06-26 | 2020-11-13 |
| WOOD, Stephen Wallace | Secretary | 2005-02-14 | 2005-12-28 |
| ABOGADO CUSTODIANS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-11-07 | 1997-11-14 |
| THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-10-20 | 1997-11-07 |
| BACHMANN, Rudolf | Director | 2001-12-19 | 2004-07-31 |
| BANDMANN, Ralph Jurgen | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2001-12-19 |
| BORN, Eric Martin | Director | 2005-12-28 | 2009-03-04 |
| BORN, Eric Martin | Director | 2004-07-31 | 2005-02-14 |
| BOYSEN, Henning | Director | 1997-11-14 | 2001-03-26 |
| BURTON, Mark Andrew, Mr. | Director | 2011-09-27 | 2015-11-23 |
| CORR, Stephen Philip | Director | 2015-08-28 | 2020-08-31 |
| DE LA TORRE, David | Director | 2013-08-02 | 2015-08-28 |
| DHILLON, Ravinder Singh | Director | 2004-09-09 | 2005-02-14 |
| ELLIS, Stephen | Director | 2003-03-10 | 2004-09-09 |
| FOUNTAIN, Thomas William | Director | 2009-03-04 | 2020-12-31 |
| GREVENER, Hartvig | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2005-02-14 |
| GREY, Jonathan Guthrie | Director | 2006-08-07 | 2007-04-21 |
| HERASIMTSCHUK, Walter | Director | 2000-01-20 | 2001-03-26 |
| HUMAN, Willem Hendrik | Director | 2015-11-23 | 2020-12-31 |
| JONES, Michael John | Director | 2005-12-28 | 2009-03-04 |
| KARAM, Michel | Director | 2001-10-22 | 2003-02-17 |
| LUCHSINGER, Martin Ulrich | Director | 1997-11-14 | 2000-02-11 |
| NEDERHAND, Tim | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| SCHIFTER, Richard Paul | Director | 2005-02-14 | 2005-12-28 |
| SKOLD, Per | Director | 1997-11-14 | 2000-02-11 |
| SMEDEGAARD, Niels | Director | 1997-11-14 | 2001-03-26 |
| STENT TORRIANI, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2004-12-09 |
| TURNER, Mark | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2023-07-12 |
| VAN NIEKERK, Pieter | Director | 2009-03-04 | 2013-06-12 |
| WOOD, Stephen Wallace | Director | 2005-02-14 | 2005-12-28 |
| ABOGADO CUSTODIANS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-11-07 | 1997-11-14 |
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-11-07 | 1997-11-14 |
| LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-10-20 | 1997-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gategroup Holding Ag | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.