The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in South Kesteven

East Midlands · 1,206 registered food establishments · 84% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council

22 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 21 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 41 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

162Opened (12m)
208Closed (12m)
35Relisted (12m)
21Takeover (12m)
247Rating changes (12m)
5Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 76 improved 67 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 945
4 114
3 43
2 11
1 11
0 1
Awaiting inspection 27
Exempt 54

Time to first published rating

43 days median · 66 days average
across 293 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 41 of 362 UK authorities (1 = fastest).

Measured from a business appearing in the published FSA dataset to its first rating appearing there. Authorities publish with delays (appeal windows, batch updates), so this reflects the register's speed, not necessarily inspection speed.

Latest published ratings in South Kesteven

New inspection results as they appear on the register, most recent first. Ratings are published with a delay, so these are publication dates, not inspection dates.

DateBusinessRatingPostcode
2026-10-06 Bowthorpe Park Farm 5 → 1PE10 0JG
2026-09-30 Agnes & Mo Awaiting inspection → 5
2026-09-30 ShelbysBakeBox Awaiting inspection → 5
2026-09-30 Caked Up Awaiting inspection → 5
2026-09-30 SophistiBakes Awaiting inspection → 5
2026-09-30 Little Leverets Childcare Awaiting inspection → 5PE6 8HU

Latest changes in South Kesteven

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-09-30Opened Day's
2026-09-30Opened Lucy’s Cookies
2026-09-30Opened Newark Brazil FC - Hudl Truck
2026-09-30Opened Baked By Sascha
2026-09-30Opened Kings Hill Produce
2026-09-30Opened Grantham Disabled Children SocietyNG31 6PG
2026-09-30Opened EcoCoach at St George's - out of school provisionPE9 1SX
2026-09-30Opened Obsidian Chefs

Contact the council

Think a rating is wrong, or a business is trading here but not listed? The food safety team for this area deals with both. If you run a business here and want a better score, how to improve a food hygiene rating sets out the three ways to respond and which of them needs this team.

These are the contact details the council gives the Food Standards Agency, shown as published. Your message goes to the council, not to us.

If the link has moved, search the council’s own site for food safety.

Ask the data

How does South Kesteven's closure rate compare to the national average this year? Which business types close most often in South Kesteven? Which businesses lost their 5 rating in South Kesteven this year?

Neighbouring authorities

Melton Newark and Sherwood North Kesteven North Northamptonshire Peterborough City Rutland South Holland

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