FERRERO UK LIMITED
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† FERRERO 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
2024/25Sector comparison
SIC 10821Where the company stands among the 708 active companies whose first SIC code is 10821 (Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery).
- NESTLE UK LTD.£1.6bn
- MONDELEZ UK CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTION LIMITED£365.9m
- MAGNA SPECIALIST CONFECTIONERS LIMITED£60m
- ZETAR LIMITED£52.4m
- CADBURY UK LIMITED£51.8m
- ZERTUS UK HOLDING LIMITED£41.4m
- THORNTONS LIMITED£34.9m
- FERRERO UK LIMITED£30.8m
- O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED£27.9m
- 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: FERRERO UK LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
FERRERO UK LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00876127. It was incorporated on 4 Apr 1966. Its status is active. The registered office is in Greenford (UB6). 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 2024/25 (period ending 31 Aug 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £663,593,000. Profit for the year was £12,840,000. Net assets were £30,781,000, down 11.2% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £2,670,000. Total assets were £202,477,000 and total liabilities £171,696,000. The company had an average of 338 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 708 active companies whose first SIC code is 10821: By turnover it ranks higher than 92% 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). By cash it ranks higher than 93% of them (median £27,928). By number of employees it ranks higher than 98% of them (median 2). It is older than 97% of them (median age 6.1 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly sugar and confectionery, cocoa and chocolate, cereal and bakery products. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly cocoa and chocolate, vegetable and fruit preparations, sugar and confectionery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 54 days to pay suppliers, and 16% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 12.4% lower than for men. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.
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 31 May 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 1 Aug 2027.
Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
| 2023/24 † | 2024/25 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 624,428,000 | 663,593,000 |
| Profit for the year | 17,529,000 | 12,840,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 949,000 | 2,670,000 |
| Total assets | 204,499,000 | 202,477,000 |
| Total liabilities | 169,817,000 | 171,696,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 34,682,000 | 30,781,000 |
| Average number of employees | 337 | 338 |
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
- 54 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 16%
- Standard payment terms
- 15–90 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 25%
- 31 to 60 days 52%
- After 60 days 23%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 28 Feb 2026
- 54
- 21%
- 25%
- 31 Aug 2025
- 57
- 32%
- 24%
- 28 Feb 2025
- 48
- 28%
- 16%
- 31 Aug 2024
- 47
- 26%
- 32%
- 29 Feb 2024
- 47
- 34%
- 31%
- 31 Aug 2023
- 51
- 41%
- 56%
- 28 Feb 2023
- 24
- 79%
- 42%
- Median hourly pay
- women 12.4% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 9.6% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 23.5% lower
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (3)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 15.8% lower
- women 20.7% lower
- 2023/24
- women 18.8% lower
- women 16% lower
- 2022/23
- women 10.3% lower
- women 11.5% 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
- 2020
- 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
- Licence type and rating
- Worker (A rating)
- Routes
- Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: sugar and confectionery, cocoa and chocolate, cereal and bakery products, vegetable and fruit preparations and miscellaneous food preparations.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: cocoa and chocolate, vegetable and fruit preparations, sugar and confectionery, cereal and bakery products and miscellaneous food preparations.
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
8 events- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £663.6m, net assets £30.8m, 338 employees
- Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £624.4m, net assets £34.7m, 337 employees
- Mr Giovanni Ferrero registered as a person with significant control
- Ferrero International S.A. ceased to be a person with significant control
- Ferrero International S.A. registered as a person with significant control
- Giovanni Ferrero registered as a person with significant control
- Giovanni Ferrero ceased to be 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.