PALMER & HOWELLS LTD.
Active Company number 03690842
PALMER & HOWELLS LTD. (company number 03690842) is a private limited company incorporated on 31 December 1998. Its status on the Companies House register is Active. Its registered office is in Worcester, WR5 2RY. Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is event catering activities (56210). Its latest accounts we hold, for the period ending 30 September 2025, report net assets of £300k.
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Company Report on PALMER & HOWELLS LTD. (PDF)
The register, the accounts and the people behind the company in one PDF, for your own business use.
- Summary and Health Score: with the reasons behind the score
- Red flags: and what changed in the last 12 months
- Key figures: the accounts to 30 Sep 2025 against the year before
- Filing deadlines: accounts due 30 Jun 2027; confirmation statement due 27 Nov 2026
- Financials ledger: 11 years of filed accounts held (2015–2025)
- Who runs and owns it: 1 PSC
- Shareholders: the current register from the filings: each holder, class, shares and percentage
- Charges: 1 outstanding of 3 charges registered
- Filing history and methodology: with sources and a disclaimer
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Company details
- Company number
- 03690842
- Status
- Active
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 31 December 1998
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Registered office
- TEME HOUSE
WHITTINGTON
WORCESTER
WR5 2RY
UNITED KINGDOM
Nature of business (SIC 2007)
Accounts and confirmation statement
- Accounting reference date
- 30 September
- Accounts category
- SMALL
- Accounts last made up to
- 30 September 2025
- Next accounts due
- 30 June 2027
- Confirmation statement last made up to
- 13 November 2025
- Next confirmation statement due
- 27 November 2026
Financial summary
| Period ending | 30 September 2025 | 30 September 2024 | 30 September 2023 | 30 September 2022 | 30 September 2021 | 30 September 2020 | 30 September 2019 | 31 December 2018 | 31 December 2017 | 31 December 2016 | 31 December 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit after tax | Not filed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £156k | £144k |
| Total assets | £842k | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.3m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £945k | £880k | £797k |
| Cash at bank | £81k | £295 | £9,325 | £4,297 | £4,067 | £110k | £163k | £221k | £202k | £273k | £204k |
| Current liabilities | £542k | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £658k | £642k | £610k |
| Net current assets / (liabilities) | £295k | £261k | £110k | £16k | (£83k) | (£169k) | (£105k) | £326k | £234k | £179k | £138k |
| Total liabilities | £542k | — | £1.5m | — | — | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £668k | — | £620k |
| Net assets | £300k | £270k | £191k | £312k | £169k | £48k | £119k | £384k | £277k | £226k | £177k |
| Employees | 119 | 194 | 193 | 243 | 233 | 249 | 235 | — | — | — | — |
Not filed: the accounts do not give the figure. —: no figure read from the filing.
- Year to 30 September 2025: profit after tax not filed. Small companies may file filleted or abbreviated accounts without the profit and loss account, and this filing has none.
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Control, officers and charges
- Persons with significant control
- 1 current (4 including ceased)
- Corporate controllers
- Hc 1278 Limited
- Charges (mortgages)
- 3 registered, 1 outstanding, 2 satisfied
Questions about PALMER & HOWELLS LTD.
Is PALMER & HOWELLS LTD. active?
Yes. The Companies House register shows the company's status as “Active”. (Companies House register, as at 2 October 2026.)
When was PALMER & HOWELLS LTD. incorporated?
PALMER & HOWELLS LTD. was incorporated on 31 December 1998, according to the Companies House register. (Companies House register, as at 2 October 2026.)
Where is PALMER & HOWELLS LTD. registered?
Its registered office is in Worcester, WR5 2RY. (Companies House register, as at 2 October 2026.)
Who controls PALMER & HOWELLS LTD.?
The register lists 1 current person with significant control (4 including those who have ceased). Corporate controllers named on the register: Hc 1278 Limited. The register shows control, not a list of shareholders. Individuals are named at https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03690842/persons-with-significant-control. (Companies House register, as at 2 October 2026.) Who owns a UK limited company: shareholders, PSCs and what the register shows
When are PALMER & HOWELLS LTD.'s next accounts due?
The register shows the next accounts as due by 30 June 2027. Its latest accounts on the register were made up to 30 September 2025. (Companies House register, as at 2 October 2026.)
Does PALMER & HOWELLS LTD. file dormant accounts?
Not in its latest accounts. The register gives their category as “Small company accounts”, made up to 30 September 2025. (Companies House register, as at 2 October 2026.) What a dormant company is and what it must file
Does PALMER & HOWELLS LTD. have any charges registered against it?
Yes. The register shows 3 charges: 1 outstanding and 2 satisfied. The charges themselves are listed at https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03690842/charges. (Companies House register, as at 2 October 2026.) Company charges: what a mortgage or debenture means and how to read one
Is PALMER & HOWELLS LTD. on a sanctions list?
No match for this company's name on the sanctions lists CompanyStack screens (UK, EU, OFAC SDN, OFAC non-SDN, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France, US CSL) as at 9 October 2026. A name screen is not legal clearance.
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