THE ENGLISH CHEESECAKE COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£85K
+347.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.4M
+58.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
178
+7.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.5M
+19% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £19,782,323 | £22,790,585 | +15.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,430,691 | £1,620,967 | +13.3% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,272,193 | £1,514,482 | +19% | |
| Net profit | — | £925,622 | £1,125,194 | +21.6% | |
| Cash | £276,076 | £18,967 | £84,896 | +347.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,765,528 | £2,729,082 | £3,423,228 | +25.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,324,369 | £1,502,080 | £2,374,775 | +58.1% | |
| Equity | £1,324,369 | £1,502,080 | £2,374,775 | +58.1% | |
| Average employees | 99 | 165 | 178 | +7.9% | |
| Wages | — | £4,442,339 | £5,353,992 | +20.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £179,981 | £207,532 | +15.3% |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 7.2% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.7% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 52.4% | 47.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.23x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | — | 8.92x | 13.72x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Post reporting date events: There are no other significant adjusting or non-adjusting events between the reporting date and the date of authorisation of these financial statements.”
- “The directors are of the opinion that there were no significant adjusting or non-adjusting events occurring after the reporting date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MÜLLER, Reto Markus | Secretary | 2025-12-11 | — | — |
| BOUDY, Didier | Director | 2025-12-11 | Mar 1969 | French |
| MÜLLER, Reto Markus | Director | 2025-12-11 | Jan 1975 | Swiss |
| SUDIR, Raadhika | Director | 2025-11-25 | May 1964 | British |
| TAYLOR, Nigel | Director | 2025-11-25 | Nov 1971 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELDON, Paul Stuart | Secretary | 2000-03-21 | 2023-05-02 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-03-21 | 2000-03-21 |
| LAURIER, Alan Philip | Director | 2003-10-15 | 2025-11-25 |
| LAURIER, Joshua Michael | Director | 2021-10-30 | 2025-11-25 |
| WELDON, Philip Louis | Director | 2000-03-21 | 2025-11-25 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-03-21 | 2000-03-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mademoiselle Desserts Corby Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-25 | Active |
| Mr Alan Philip Laurier | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-25 |
| Mr Philip Louis Weldon | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.