DINE CONTRACT CATERING LIMITED
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Cash
£897k
+36.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£30m
+14.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
677
-7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.9m
+4.9% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,364,587 | £42,120,849 | £40,353,291 | -4.2% | |
| Operating profit | £5,924,784 | £4,708,201 | £4,938,209 | +4.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,979,113 | £4,707,014 | £4,936,761 | +4.9% | |
| Net profit | £4,684,177 | £3,565,583 | £3,696,069 | +3.7% | |
| Cash | £1,005,929 | £655,969 | £897,069 | +36.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,455,578 | £26,066,844 | £29,692,075 | +13.9% | |
| Net assets | £22,401,827 | £25,967,410 | £29,663,479 | +14.2% | |
| Equity | £22,401,827 | £25,967,410 | £29,663,479 | +14.2% | |
| Average employees | 769 | 728 | 677 | -7% | |
| Wages | £15,006,921 | £16,069,566 | £16,116,035 | +0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £300,718 | £530,637 | £474,686 | -10.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £11,513 | £67,345 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £85,202 | £198,444 | £171,497 | -13.6% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.7% | 11.2% | 12.2% | |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 8.5% | 9.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.4% | 18.1% | 16.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.6% | 17.0% | 15.1% | |
| Current ratio | 5.35x | 5.89x | 6.57x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- DINE CONTRACT CATERING LIMITED 2014-05-01 → present
- DINE LIMITED 2012-02-09 → 2014-05-01
- COMPACT CATERING LIMITED 2010-07-07 → 2012-02-09
- METROPOLE AGENCIES LTD 2010-06-28 → 2010-07-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors of the Company are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future being a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and therefore have prepared these financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 1 November 2025, an intra group sale and purchase agreement was signed that details the transfer of trade and assets of Dine Contract Catering Limited to Compass Contract Services (U.K.) Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAYNES, Nicholas William | Director | 2024-11-20 | Jan 1977 | British |
| SHARPE, Gareth Jonathan | Director | 2021-11-02 | May 1980 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFIN, Stephen John | Secretary | 2010-10-04 | 2016-06-16 |
| BYGATE, Hazel | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2011-12-31 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Ian George | Director | 2010-07-06 | 2021-08-06 |
| CARTWRIGHT, James Fraser | Director | 2010-07-23 | 2019-05-09 |
| COURT, Michael James | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2025-05-07 |
| DUNHAM, Kate | Director | 2019-05-09 | 2020-01-31 |
| GARSIDE, Christopher John | Director | 2019-05-09 | 2019-11-25 |
| GILL, Michael Ian | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2011-12-31 |
| GREEN, Zoe | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2021-08-01 |
| HOLMES, Steven Mark Brian | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer | Director | 2010-06-28 | 2010-07-05 |
| KYFFIN, Stephen Richard | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2022-05-31 |
| MACPHERSON, Daniel Boyd | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2023-11-30 |
| MILLS, Robin Ronald | Director | 2019-11-25 | 2026-07-30 |
| RYAN, Robert John | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2023-11-30 |
| SERGEANT, Sarah Jane | Director | 2019-12-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| SIMMONS, Lynne Mary | Director | 2019-06-18 | 2022-05-31 |
| WADE, Matthew Vernon | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2026-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compass Group, Uk And Ireland Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-05-09 | Active |
| Mr James Fraser Cartwright | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-28 | Ceased 2019-05-09 |
| Mr Ian George Cartwright | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-28 | Ceased 2019-05-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.