O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-27 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-0.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
+27.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
465
+4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£7M
+14.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £56,045,000 | — | £80,074,000 | £90,016,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£18,000 | — | £5,765,000 | £6,537,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£57,000 | — | £5,825,000 | £6,682,000 | |
| Net profit | — | -£213,000 | — | £4,623,000 | £4,992,000 | |
| Cash | £706,000 | £1,516,000 | £1,516,000 | £3,843,000 | £3,807,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £14,693,000 | — | £19,288,000 | £24,320,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £13,427,000 | — | £18,050,000 | £23,042,000 | |
| Equity | £13,640,000 | £13,427,000 | £13,427,000 | £18,050,000 | £23,042,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 414 | — | 447 | 465 | |
| Wages | — | £10,236,000 | — | £11,610,000 | £12,672,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £198,000 | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+12.4%
£80,074,000 £90,016,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-0.9%
£3,843,000 £3,807,000
-
Net assets
+27.7%
£18,050,000 £23,042,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+4%
447 465
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+13.4%
£5,765,000 £6,537,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+14.7%
£5,825,000 £6,682,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+9.1%
£11,610,000 £12,672,000
highest in 3 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -0.0% | — | 7.2% | 7.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -0.4% | — | 5.8% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -0.1% | — | 29.9% | 26.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.17x | 3.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | -0.18x | — | 250.65x | 408.56x |
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
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Director has considered relevant information, including the annual budget, forecast furture cash flows and the impact of subsequent events in making their assessment. This analysis also considers the effectiveness of available measures to assist in mitigating the impact such as the group cash pool facility. 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.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alphonsus Walder | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-07-07 | Active |
| 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 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2022-08-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.