WORLD OF SWEETS (HANCOCKS) LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† WORLD OF SWEETS (HANCOCKS) 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
2025Sector comparison
SIC 46390Where the company stands among the 4,095 active companies whose first SIC code is 46390 (Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco).
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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 4,095. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: WORLD OF SWEETS (HANCOCKS) LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
WORLD OF SWEETS (HANCOCKS) LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00868097. It was incorporated on 4 Jan 1966. Its status is active. The registered office is in Leicestershire (LE11). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco (46390).
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 £89,552,000. Loss for the year was £2,147,000. Net assets were £12,376,000, down 14.8% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £3,387,000. Total assets were £134,104,000 and total liabilities £121,230,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 4,095 active companies whose first SIC code is 46390: By turnover it ranks higher than 79% of the 119 that publish turnover (median £25,048,290). By net assets it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £13,474). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £112,530). By cash it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £49,793). It is older than 98% of them (median age 3.4 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 35 days to pay suppliers, and 14% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 3.7% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 4 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 27 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 1 Jul 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 102,225,000 | 89,552,000 |
| Profit for the year | 1,217,000 | -2,147,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 2,220,000 | 3,387,000 |
| Total assets | 130,880,000 | 134,104,000 |
| Total liabilities | 115,999,000 | 121,230,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 14,523,000 | 12,376,000 |
| Average number of employees | 453 | — |
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
- 35 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 14%
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 47%
- 31 to 60 days 44%
- After 60 days 8%
Earlier periods (1)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 30 Jun 2019
- 44
- 32%
- 35%
- Median hourly pay
- women 3.7% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 17.2% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 9.7% lower
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (7)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 7.9% lower
- women 18.8% lower
- 2023/24
- women 9.9% lower
- women 17.7% lower
- 2022/23
- women 9.8% lower
- women 16.4% lower
- 2021/22
- women 4.7% lower
- women 23.4% lower
- 2020/21
- women 12.2% lower
- women 31.6% lower
- 2018/19
- women 8.2% lower
- women 33% lower
- 2017/18
- no gap
- women 38.8% 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 · group statement (WORLD OF SWEETS (DISTRIBUTION) LIMITED)
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Earlier years (1)
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
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.
History
7 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £89.6m, net assets £12.4m
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £102.2m, net assets £14.5m, 453 employees
- World Of Sweets Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Hancocks Holdings Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
- Name changed to WORLD OF SWEETS (HANCOCKS) LIMITEDPreviously HANCOCK CASH & CARRY LIMITED
- Hancocks Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
- 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.