SWIZZELS MATLOW LIMITED
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† SWIZZELS MATLOW 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.
SWIZZELS MATLOW LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 10822Where the company stands among the 359 active companies whose first SIC code is 10822 (Manufacture of sugar confectionery).
- LOFTHOUSE OF FLEETWOOD LIMITED£106.9m
- SWIZZELS MATLOW LIMITED£105.4m
- VALEO CONFECTIONERY LIMITED£75.2m
- ERNEST JACKSON & CO. LIMITED£12.8m
- INGRAM BROTHERS LTD£7.6m
- WALKER'S NONSUCH LIMITED£7.6m
- GOLDEN CASKET (GREENOCK) LIMITED£6.1m
- ZEELANDIA UK LIMITED£5.6m
- THE SERIOUS SWEET COMPANY LIMITED£4.6m
- BLUEBRIDGES SUGAR CONFECTIONERY LTD£4.1m
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 359. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: SWIZZELS MATLOW LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
SWIZZELS MATLOW LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00562269. It was incorporated on 6 Mar 1956. Its status is active. The registered office is in New mills (SK22). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of sugar confectionery (10822).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files group accounts. Profit for the year was £15,027,000. Net assets were £105,352,000, up 15.8% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £26,326,000. The company had an average of 593 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 359 active companies whose first SIC code is 10822: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £9,811). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £43,813). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £21,917). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 2). It is older than 96% of them (median age 5.5 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly fats and oils, sugar and confectionery, glues and enzymes. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly sugar and confectionery, machinery, plastics. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 50 days to pay suppliers, and 42% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 8.7% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 3 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
4 of 6 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 20 Mar 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Profit for the year | 11,438,000 | 15,027,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 14,682,000 | 26,326,000 |
| Total assets | 121,604,000 | 139,222,000 |
| Total liabilities | — | — |
| Net assets / total equity | 90,943,000 | 105,352,000 |
| Average number of employees | 602 | 593 |
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
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 50 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 42%
- Standard payment terms
- 30–60 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 12%
- 31 to 60 days 62%
- After 60 days 26%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 30 Jun 2024
- 50
- 13%
- 43%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 50
- 14%
- 41%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 50
- 18%
- 46%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 42
- 26%
- 13%
- 30 Jun 2022
- 33
- 49%
- 14%
- 31 Dec 2021
- 49
- 23%
- 15%
- 30 Jun 2021
- 43
- 26%
- 19%
- Median hourly pay
- women 8.7% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 13.2% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 16.7% higher
- Employer size
- 500 to 999 employees
Earlier years (7)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 5.5% lower
- women 15.3% lower
- 2023/24
- women 6.5% lower
- women 9.6% lower
- 2022/23
- women 11% lower
- women 19% lower
- 2021/22
- no gap
- women 56.7% lower
- 2020/21
- women 15% lower
- women 19.5% lower
- 2018/19
- women 12% lower
- women 20.7% lower
- 2017/18
- women 10.5% lower
- women 23% 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
- 2026
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
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
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: fats and oils, sugar and confectionery, glues and enzymes, plastics and paper and paperboard.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: sugar and confectionery, machinery, plastics, paper and paperboard and paints, dyes and inks.
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
3 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £105.4m, 593 employees
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £90.9m, 602 employees
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.