WHITAKERS CHOCOLATES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
+124.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.3m
+21.3% vs 2024
Employees
94
-10.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£778k
+8.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,092,362 | £12,678,288 | +4.8% | |
| Operating profit | £774,679 | £786,968 | +1.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £718,480 | £778,481 | +8.4% | |
| Net profit | £470,034 | £576,115 | +22.6% | |
| Cash | £545,068 | £1,222,872 | +124.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,313,689 | £3,576,728 | +7.9% | |
| Net assets | £2,702,013 | £3,278,128 | +21.3% | |
| Equity | £2,702,013 | £3,278,128 | +21.3% | |
| Average employees | 105 | 94 | -10.5% | |
| Wages | £2,928,881 | £2,676,639 | -8.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £136,626 | £165,533 | +21.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £1,321 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £121,161 | £120,301 | -0.7% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 6.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.4% | 22.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.3% | 49.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.16x | 1.79x | |
| Interest cover | 13.78x | 91.45x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WHITAKERS CHOCOLATES LIMITED 2002-01-07 → present
- WHITAKERS CHOCOLATIERS (SKIPTON) LIMITED 1961-07-11 → 2002-01-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company continues to have the support of the directors, shareholders and creditors and therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WHITAKERS CHOCOLATES LIMITED · parent
- Whitakers Chocolatiers (Skipton) Limited 100%
- Wilson Whitaker Limited 100%
- Whitakers Chocolates (Exports) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end, the subsidiary companies Whitakers Chocolatiers (Skipton) Limited, Wilson Whitaker Limited and Whitakers Chocolates (Exports) Limited were struck off on 20 January 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, Antony James | Director | 2025-01-17 | Sep 1967 | British |
| NEVILLE, Christopher Robert | Director | 2025-01-17 | Sep 1971 | British |
| OSBORNE, Kenneth Robert | Director | 2025-01-17 | May 1965 | British |
| ROWLAND, Benjamin Marc | Director | 2023-04-24 | Feb 1981 | British |
| WHITAKER, William Reginald | Director | — | Jul 1960 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THORPE, Sally Clare | Secretary | 2014-10-28 | 2025-01-17 |
| WHITAKER, John James | Secretary | 2014-10-28 | 2018-06-22 |
| WHITAKER, Roland John | Secretary | — | 2014-10-28 |
| WHITAKER, Gemma Louise | Director | 2019-04-11 | 2025-01-17 |
| WHITAKER, Roland John | Director | — | 2021-10-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bramble Foods Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-01-17 | Active |
| R J Whitaker Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-11-06 | Ceased 2025-01-17 |
| Syke House Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-10-25 | Ceased 2023-11-06 |
| Mr William Reginald Whitaker | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-10-25 |
| Mr Roland John Whitaker | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-24 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.