CADBURY UK LIMITED

Active
Company number 00155256Private limited companyIncorporated 1919

Key figures

£51,818,000-16.6%
Net assets 2025
-16.6%
Average annual change 2024–2025
020 m40 m60 m80 m20242025

† CADBURY UK LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 10821

Where the company stands among the 708 active companies whose first SIC code is 10821 (Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery).

Turnover£142,296,000
Higher than 83% · median £15,818,709 among 34 that publish turnover
Net assets£51,818,000
Higher than 97% · median £5,213
Total assets£103,117,000
Higher than 97% · median £41,744
Company age107.5 years
Older than 99% · median 6.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. NESTLE UK LTD.£1.6bn
  2. MONDELEZ UK CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTION LIMITED£365.9m
  3. MAGNA SPECIALIST CONFECTIONERS LIMITED£60m
  4. ZETAR LIMITED£52.4m
  5. CADBURY UK LIMITED£51.8m
  6. ZERTUS UK HOLDING LIMITED£41.4m
  7. THORNTONS LIMITED£34.9m
  8. FERRERO UK LIMITED£30.8m
  9. O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED£27.9m
  10. BRITANNIA SUPERFINE LIMITED£27m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 708. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: CADBURY UK LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

CADBURY UK LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00155256. It was incorporated on 19 May 1919. Its status is active. The registered office is in Birmingham (B30). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery (10821).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £142,296,000. Profit for the year was £39,197,000. Net assets were £51,818,000, down 16.6% on the previous year. Total assets were £103,117,000 and total liabilities £49,819,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 708 active companies whose first SIC code is 10821: By turnover it ranks higher than 83% of the 34 that publish turnover (median £15,818,709). By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £5,213). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £41,744). It is older than 99% of them (median age 6.1 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, cocoa and chocolate, plastics. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly cocoa and chocolate, machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 98 days to pay suppliers, and 13% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 14.3% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 15 Jan 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover206,532,000142,296,000
Profit for the year40,952,00039,197,000
Total assets128,928,000103,117,000
Total liabilities65,875,00049,819,000
Net assets / total equity62,122,00051,818,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
98 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
13%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 6%
  • 31 to 60 days 20%
  • After 60 days 74%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
124
5%
10%
30 Jun 2025
96
8%
10%
31 Dec 2024
86
9%
11%
30 Jun 2024
98
14%
17%
31 Dec 2023
52
47%
24%
30 Jun 2023
65
38%
26%
31 Dec 2022
73
36%
14%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 14.3% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 18.2% lower
Median bonus pay
women 38.5% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter69% womenLower middle72% womenUpper middle54% womenUpper pay quarter45% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 8% lower
women 8.2% lower
2023/24
women 7.5% lower
women 6.8% lower
2022/23
women 6.6% lower
women 6.4% lower
2021/22
women 7.6% lower
women 3.8% lower
2020/21
women 10.7% lower
women 9.5% lower
2019/20
women 7.4% lower
women 5.3% lower
2018/19
women 8.6% lower
women 11% lower
2017/18
women 9.6% lower
women 11.4% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, cocoa and chocolate, plastics, dairy, eggs and honey and iron and steel articles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 4 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: cocoa and chocolate and machinery.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

7 events
  1. Kraft Foods Investment Holdings Uk Limited registered as a person with significant control
  2. Kraft Foods Uk Ip & Production Holdings Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  3. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £142.3m, net assets £51.8m
  4. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £206.5m, net assets £62.1m
  5. Kraft Foods Uk Ip & Production Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Name changed to CADBURY UK LIMITEDPreviously CADBURY LIMITED
  7. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.