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LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTD

Hotel & restaurant · Cambridge
Large

Lunchtime Company Ltd is a school meal provider that takes full responsibility for school lunch services, including hospitality, breakfast, and after-school clubs. They focus on creating healthy and nutritious menus tailored to individual schools.

lunchtime.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£32.7m
Live
26
Buyers
33
12m
£7.2m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts26 / 46
  • Top buyers33
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTDUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTD has won £32.7m across 33 public-sector buyers, with 26 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Espo at 39% · 100% in Hotel & restaurant · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
26 of 46Live contracts
39%Top-buyer concentration
100%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
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No social-value commitments yet

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ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

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Net-zero planNot provided✓
Modern slavery statementNot provided✓
EDI policyNot provided✓
Anti-briberyNot provided✓
Data protectionNot provided✓

Capabilities

What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.

◐ From website & notices
Sectors served · 2/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 1
School Meals and Catering ServicesProviding food for schools, including management of catering services and educational activities related to food. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • 704_22 Outsourced Catering ServicesEspo · £8.3m
  • 704_18 Catering ServicesEspo · £4.4m
  • BeMag Family of Schools - Catering ServicesLGSS · £800k
  • Sebert Wood Catering ContractSebert Wood Community Primary School · £400k
  • Mayfield Primary School - catering contractThe Sustainable Catering Consultancy · £315k
  • The Fenland Group ~ Tender for Catering ServicesThe Litmus Partnership · £175k

Extracted automatically from lunchtime.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies

Delivery stories the supplier has published, with sector and outcome.

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

Once a claimed supplier publishes delivery stories — the buyer, the sector, what was delivered and the outcome — they appear here.

Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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No buyer references yet

Public-sector buyers can confirm they'll act as a reference for this supplier. Confirmed references — with the contract they relate to — show here.

Accreditations & memberships

Independently issued. Verification dates cross-checked against issuer registers.

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No accreditations recorded

B-Corp, ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage and similar credentials appear here once added by a claimed supplier and cross-checked against the issuing register.

KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.

Contracts · 26 live · 20 historic

Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
All Saints Schools Trust - Catering Services
All Saints Schools Trust—01 Sept 2026£2.7m3 yrspending
Catering Services Framework - Light Touch
Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT)—06 Jan 2026£4.1m4 yrsLive
Catering Services for Melton Primary School - AWARD
Suffolk County Council5552400001 Sept 2025£350k6 yrsLive
CA15350 - Jewish Community Academy Trust Outsourced Catering Services
Jewish Community Academy Trust5552400023 Jul 2025£2.4m3 yrsLive
Thomas Mills High School ~ Catering Tender
Thomas Mills High School5552400001 Sept 2025£1.4m5 yrsLive
CA13425 - Grove Park Primary Chiswick: Outsourced Catering Services Framework
Grove Park Primary School5552000001 Aug 2024—3 yrsLive
Sebert Wood Catering Contract
Sebert Wood Community Primary School5552400001 Feb 2024£400k3 yrsLive
Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Trust ~ Catering Tender
Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Trust5552400001 Jan 2024£585k3 yrsLive
Ferry Lane Catering Contract Procurement
Ferry Lane Primary School5552000001 Jan 2024£260k4 yrsLive
CA11417 - The Mulberry Primary School: Outsourced Catering Services
Mulberry Primary School5552000026 Jun 2023—3 yrsClosed
Total live value £11.4m · mean award £711k1–10 of 46

Top buyers · 33 buyers · top 3 = 60%

Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.

✓ From notices
1
Espo
3 contracts
39%
since 2018
2
Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT)
2 contracts
13%
since 2025
3
All Saints Schools Trust
1 contract
8%
since 2026
4
Jewish Community Academy Trust
1 contract
7%
since 2025
5
Orwell Multi-Academy Trust
2 contracts
6%
since 2023
6
Thomas Mills High School
2 contracts
4%
since 2025
7
LGSS
5 contracts
3%
since 2016
8
Central Bedfordshire Council
1 contract
2%
since 2019
9
Milton Keynes Council
1 contract
2%
since 2019
10
St Bonaventures RC School
1 contract
2%
since 2016

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Hotel & restaurant55
100%
⚠ Concentration: 100% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
East Midlands8 contracts
44%
Eastern14 contracts
28%
West Midlands2 contracts
13%
London7 contracts
8%
South East4 contracts
3%
South West1 contract
2%
Yorkshire1 contract
1%
North West1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTD highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
MC
MELLORS CATERING SERVICES LIMITED
No£16.9m2
AU
Aramark UK
No£8.4m1
AS
ASPENS-SERVICES LIMITED
No£8.3m2
LC
LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTD
No£7.2m—
CL
Cater Link Limited
No£7.0m5
CG
CH&Co Group
No£6.6m1
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Jul 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 11 Oct 2026
Outstanding charges
0
No charges registered
Insolvency history
None
No insolvency cases registered
Certifications (ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage, B-Corp, modern-slavery) are supplier self-reported and appear once a claimed profile adds them.

Modifications

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

✓ From notices
±

No modifications recorded

No published contract variations for this supplier. Modification notices appear here as they are issued under the Procurement Act 2023.

News mentions

UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.

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No news mentions found

We haven't matched any recent UK press coverage to this supplier. Mentions appear here automatically as they're published.

Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
03452446
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
20 Oct 1997
Reg. office
10 Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8UU
SIC codes
56210
Last accounts
31 Jul 2025
Next accounts due
30 Apr 2027

Directors & PSC

  • THOMSON, Joel — director
    Appointed 31 Jul 2023
  • FAIRHALL, Justin Roger Edwin — secretary
    Appointed 23 Sept 2004
  • FAIRHALL, Justin Roger Edwin — director
    Appointed 12 Jul 1999
  • Lunchtime Employee Ownership Trustee Ltd — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 50 to 75 percent · voting rights 50 to 75 percent · right to appoint and remove directors
  • Mr Justin Roger Edwin Fairhall — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

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£

No financial filings on record

Turnover, profit and headcount appear here once audited or micro-entity accounts are filed at Companies House.

Org tree

Group structure and ownership.

↔ From Cos House
LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTD
03452446 · this company

Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.