O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED
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Cash
£9.3m
+144.2% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£28m
+21.2% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
443
-4.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6.6m
-1.1% first positive since 2022
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
4-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £56,045,000 | £80,074,000 | £90,016,000 | £92,389,000 | +2.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£18,000 | £5,765,000 | £6,537,000 | £6,615,000 | +1.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£57,000 | £5,825,000 | £6,682,000 | £6,610,000 | -1.1% | |
| Net profit | -£213,000 | £4,623,000 | £4,992,000 | £4,888,000 | -2.1% | |
| Cash | £1,516,000 | £3,843,000 | £3,807,000 | £9,298,000 | +144.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,693,000 | £19,288,000 | £24,320,000 | £29,208,000 | +20.1% | |
| Net assets | £13,427,000 | £18,050,000 | £23,042,000 | £27,930,000 | +21.2% | |
| Equity | £13,427,000 | £18,050,000 | £23,042,000 | £27,930,000 | +21.2% | |
| Average employees | 414 | 447 | 465 | 443 | -4.7% | |
| Wages | £10,236,000 | £11,610,000 | £12,672,000 | £11,837,000 | -6.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £198,000 | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.0% | 7.2% | 7.3% | 7.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.4% | 5.8% | 5.5% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.1% | 29.9% | 26.9% | 22.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.9% | 37.8% | 27.2% | 18.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.17x | 3.27x | 5.25x | |
| Interest cover | -0.18x | — | — | 73.50x |
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
- O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED 1991-01-04 → present
- CHASESTYLE LIMITED 1990-11-12 → 1991-01-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the assessments and having regard to the resource available to the entity, the Director has conducted that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company was taken over during the year by another member of the Sweet Product Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HURFORD-JOHN, Natasha Elizabeth | Secretary | 2025-02-01 | — | — |
| CLARKE-READ, Julie Dawn | Director | 2026-02-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
| WALDER, Alphonsus Paul Lambert | Director | 2021-07-07 | Aug 1985 | Dutch |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Reginald Paul Stirling | Secretary | — | 1998-12-31 |
| EVANS, Philip William | Secretary | 1999-01-01 | 2004-12-10 |
| RADCLIFFE, Maxine Clair | Secretary | 2022-11-09 | 2024-07-31 |
| THOMAS, Gareth Newton | Secretary | 2004-12-10 | 2020-01-14 |
| WILLIAMS, Kate Louise | Secretary | 2020-01-14 | 2022-11-09 |
| CARTER, David | Director | 1992-04-07 | 1998-03-31 |
| HOLDEN, David Jeremy | Director | — | 1994-03-24 |
| POIRRIER, Jean Claude | Director | — | 2005-06-21 |
| POIRRIER, Patrick | Director | 2005-06-21 | 2021-07-07 |
| RACE, Martin | Director | 1998-03-31 | 2000-01-31 |
| ROBERTS, Paul Graeme | Director | — | 1994-03-24 |
| SHAW, Dominic Francis | Director | 2020-05-14 | 2022-08-31 |
| TOMLINSON, Bruce Keith | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2021-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baronie Uk Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-20 | Active |
| Mr Alphonsus Cornelis Lambertus Thaddeus Walder | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-07-07 | Ceased 2026-09-29 |
| Mr Jean-Claude Georges Poirrier | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-07-07 |
| Mr Patrick Jean-Claude, Pierre Poirrier | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-07-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-13 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-11-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.