L'ARTISAN DU CHOCOLAT LIMITED
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Cash
£2.7M
+1,292.1% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£2.4M
+122.1% first positive since 2024
Employees
131
-19.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£13M
+306.8% highest in 5 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw attention to note 2.3 in the financial statements, which indicates that the company incurred a net operating loss without extraordinary items of £3,595,294 during the year ended 31 May 2025. As stated in note 2.3, these events or conditions, along with the other matters as set forth in note 2.3, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-06-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,275,736 | £15,432,551 | £20,379,375 | £13,091,244 | £10,318,335 | -21.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,248,837 | -£639,152 | -£9,832,808 | -£5,807,513 | £13,452,882 | +331.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,240,250 | -£640,610 | -£10,138,810 | -£6,492,927 | £13,428,855 | +306.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,019,526 | -£747,503 | -£10,138,810 | -£6,128,394 | £13,428,855 | +319.1% | |
| Cash | £2,441,176 | £1,418,741 | £274,899 | £196,617 | £2,737,010 | +1,292.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,507,186 | £5,784,095 | -£4,354,715 | -£8,962,396 | £5,470,673 | +161% | |
| Net assets | £5,364,754 | £5,460,365 | -£4,678,445 | -£10,999,454 | £2,429,401 | +122.1% | |
| Equity | £5,364,754 | £5,460,365 | -£4,678,445 | — | £2,429,401 | — | |
| Average employees | 83 | 82 | 122 | 162 | 131 | -19.1% | |
| Wages | £1,828,171 | £5,627,252 | £10,683,937 | £4,740,241 | £4,202,282 | -11.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £7,726 | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-06-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.4% | -4.1% | -48.2% | -44.4% | 130.4% | |
| Net margin | 7.7% | -4.8% | -49.8% | -46.8% | 130.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.7% | -11.1% | — | — | 245.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 292.2% | 65.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.27x | 3.65x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -32.13x | -8.47x | — |
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
- L'ARTISAN DU CHOCOLAT LIMITED 2001-07-25 → present
- L'ATELIER DU CHOCOLAT LIMITED 2000-02-28 → 2001-07-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to note 2.3 in the financial statements, which indicates that the company incurred a net operating loss without extraordinary items of £3,595,294 during the year ended 31 May 2025. As stated in note 2.3, these events or conditions, along with the other matters as set forth in note 2.3, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “In 2022 the Company attracted investment in order to meet demand from premium retailers and grow its operation to meet significant demand. In hindsight, the last three years results have proved disastrous with a strategy to invest in more people, warehousing and infrastructure to facilitate significantly higher sales proving unsuccessful.”
- “During the year there was a write off of intercompany balances of £17m (2024: Nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEARDWOOD, Joseph | Secretary | 2024-09-02 | — | — |
| TAGUE, John Patrick | Director | 2024-08-20 | May 1965 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEYNS, Anne Francoise | Secretary | 2000-02-28 | 2024-06-13 |
| BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-02-28 | 2000-02-28 |
| COLEMAN, Gerard | Director | 2000-02-28 | 2013-08-28 |
| ELSARKY, Mohamed | Director | 2020-12-24 | 2022-02-17 |
| GILLO, Geoffrey Michael | Director | 2022-02-04 | 2024-08-20 |
| WEYNS, Anne Francoise | Director | 2000-02-28 | 2024-06-07 |
| BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-02-28 | 2000-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Anne Francoise Weyns | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-28 |
| Melan & Coa Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-14 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type small | |
| 2023-01-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-11-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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last 24 months
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