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Company description
LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTD is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 20 October 1997; registered for 28 years; registered office reported in CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 56210 · Event catering activities.
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 31 July 2024, it reported turnover £15,522,682, profit after tax £447,450, net assets £594,534, average employees 599. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 1 trade mark, 14 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTD
- Company number
- 03452446
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 12 total · 4 outstanding · 8 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
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 July 2025Next accounts due
30 April 2027Last statement made up to
27 September 2026Next statement due
11 October 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Turnover
- £15,522,682
- Gross profit
- £9,958,877
- Operating profit
- £703,289
- Profit before tax
- £672,166
- Profit after tax
- £447,450
- Fixed assets
- £170,897
- Net assets
- £594,534
- Current assets
- £2,702,491
- Current liabilities
- £2,143,437
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £729,951
- Cash at bank
- £115,020
- Equity
- £594,534
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 100.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 100.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 0.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 5.4%
- Women in top quartile
- 76.9%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 96.6%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 95.2%
- Women in lower quartile
- 93.2%
Earlier reporting years (6)
- 500 to 9998.5% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99916.6% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4990.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4995.3% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49923.8% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49923.4% 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.
05 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Lunchtime Company Ltd
Registration ZA779851
- Registered from
- 13 August 2020
- Current end date
- 12 August 2027
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.
06 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Sebert Wood Catering Contract
Sebert Wood Community Primary School · ocds-b5fd17-29a62703-7236-47a7-9818-ee0f9594a428
- Supplier named in award
- Lunchtime Company Ltd
- Award value
- £400,000
- Contract period
- 26 February 2024 – 25 February 2027
- Published
- 24 January 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 55524000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-29a62703-7236-47a7-9818-ee0f9594a428-2024-01-24T09:06:21Z
Ferry Lane Catering Contract Procurement
Ferry Lane Primary School · ocds-b5fd17-a54cc9f5-65d8-4e46-82bf-eca53ed0c003
- Supplier named in award
- Lunchtime Company Ltd
- Award value
- £260,000
- Contract period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2027
- Published
- 6 October 2023
- Procedure
- Other - Further Competition Via YPO's Insurance Placement DPS
- Main CPV
- 55520000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-a54cc9f5-65d8-4e46-82bf-eca53ed0c003-2023-10-06T11:13:36+01:00
Peterborough Primary & Special schools Catering Tender
Tricon Catering Consultancy · ocds-b5fd17-1ce4120e-a250-431e-9619-53571f1f343b
- Supplier named in award
- Lunchtime Company
- Award value
- £459,000
- Contract period
- 1 August 2022 – 31 July 2025
- Published
- 24 June 2022
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Main CPV
- 15894210
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-1ce4120e-a250-431e-9619-53571f1f343b-2022-06-24T17:45:09+01:00
Mayfield Primary School - catering contract
The Sustainable Catering Consultancy · ocds-b5fd17-b895acd7-8fce-4b34-ba13-a9921653e584
- Supplier named in award
- LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTD
- Award value
- £315,000
- Contract period
- 1 September 2019 – 31 August 2022
- Published
- 25 July 2019
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 15894210
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-b895acd7-8fce-4b34-ba13-a9921653e584-2019-07-25T10:22:58+01:00
Houghton Primary School - catering contract
The Sustainable Catering Consultancy · ocds-b5fd17-67db9826-2008-40c4-8700-274294b5148a
- Supplier named in award
- LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTD
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 1 April 2018 – 31 March 2021
- Published
- 25 March 2018
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 15894210
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-67db9826-2008-40c4-8700-274294b5148a-2018-03-25T16:33:56+01:00
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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Lunchtime Employee Ownership Trustee Ltd
- Owns 50% to 75% of shares
- Controls 50% to 75% of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- English
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Guarantee Without Share Capital
- Place registered
- England
- Registration number
- 14291911
- Notified
- 12 August 2022
Mr Justin Roger Edwin Fairhall
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Controls 25% to 50% of voting rights
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Anti Money Laundering Supervisory Bodies: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-09-28T00:00:00Z
- Authorised Corporate Service Provider Name: VERITAS ACCOUNTING & TAX SOLUTIONS LIMITED ACSP
- Identity Verified On: 2025-07-18T00:00:00Z
- Preferred Name: Justin Roger Edwin Fairhall
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 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.
09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 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.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Kingfisher Schools Trust ~ Catering Tender
Kingfisher Schools Trust · updated 4 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
All Saints Schools Trust - Catering Services
All Saints Schools Trust · updated 5 August 2026
- Tender value
- £2,289,325
- Awards
- 1
Catering Services Framework - Light Touch
ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST · updated 19 December 2025
- Tender value
- £48,300,000
- Awards
- 14
EPT-62111 Summercroft Primary School - Lot 1 Catering
SUMMERCROFT PRIMARY SCHOOL · updated 4 July 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Further Competition Ref 879 Catering Service
Deanesfield Primary School · updated 24 April 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Ferry Lane Catering Contract Procurement
Ferry Lane Primary School · updated 29 August 2023
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Cottenham Primary School - catering tender
Cottenham Primary School · updated 29 September 2022
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
PP-10191 Success for All Educational Trust Catering
SFAET LTD · updated 24 September 2026
- Tender value
- £6,275,000
- Awards
- 1
Catering Services Contract for Coombe Academies Trust
COOMBE ACADEMY TRUST · updated 12 May 2026
- Tender value
- £5,500,000
- Awards
- 1
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.
12 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.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 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
9 procurement processes 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.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Detected change
Confirmation statement due date: 2026-10-11 → 2027-10-11
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: LUNCHTIME UK LIMITED
- Company name
Previous name: LUNCHTIME.CO.UK LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House 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.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.