01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- COSTA LIMITED
- Company number
- 01270695
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
29 December 2025Next statement due
12 January 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 7.7%
- Mean bonus gap
- 35.2%
- Women receiving bonus
- 9.3%
- Men receiving bonus
- 18.7%
- Women in top quartile
- 60.7%
- Women in lower quartile
- 73.4%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 5000 to 19,9990.0% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9994.3% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9993.2% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9999.4% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9990.0% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9991.7% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9990.0% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more0.0% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 13 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 60 days
- Longest standard term
- 120 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Above £150k per annum – 120 days
There are some supply type exceptions to the above. - Dispute resolution process
The Accounts Payable team manages supplier queries via a dedicated email mailbox. For any concerns raised by suppliers, the Accounts Payable team internally work with the relevant teams to provide a solution.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 93.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 80.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 76.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 55.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 56.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 55.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 53.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 48.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 49.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
COSTA LIMITED
LEI 213800U2NC79HDGLZN36 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Next renewal
- 11 February 2027
- Headquarters address
- 3 KNAVES BEECH BUSINESS CENTRE, DAVIES WAY, LOUDWATER, HIGH WYCOMBE, GB-BKM, HP10 9QR, GB
LEI data provides a global legal-entity identity, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links these records only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- COSTA LIMITED
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 29 May 2021 – 27 May 2022
- Approved
- 27 May 2022
- Sectors
- Consumer services, including accommodation, hospitality, tourism and leisure
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Costa Limited
Registration Z5107376
- Registered from
- 6 November 2000
- Current end date
- 5 November 2026
- Trading names
- Costa Express, COSTA
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
08 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Branded Catering Franchise
UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON ENTERPRISE LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-d84c63ca-7a9d-4b71-8510-1f4f2323e5ae
- Award value
- £500,000
- Contract period
- 4 August 2022 – 3 August 2032
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
09 Ownership and control
People with significant control
The Coca-Cola Company
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Notified
- 3 January 2019
Whitbread Group Plc
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 3 January 2019
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10 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
11 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
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12 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
13 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
14 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Production of coffee and coffee substitutes
Licensed restaurants
16 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
1 procurement process linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
17 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
18 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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