WHITAKERS CHOCOLATES LIMITED

85 KEIGHLEY ROAD, SKIPTON, BD23 2NA

Company Number: 00697955
Incorporation date: 11-Jul-1961
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
10821 Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery

SUMMARY

This company is 62.8 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by multiple entities. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 4.1 million which has increased from GBP 0 in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 11.3 million which is similar to the previous year's figure of GBP 11.2 million. The company has 3 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 6 other companies. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are no court cases involving the company that we are aware of.

FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 30-Sep-2024
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Dec-2022)

P&L Financials:

Year end	Currency	Revenue	Operating profit	Interest Received	Tax	Net Profit GBP
31-Dec-2019	GBP	11,252,747	320,900	2,966	8,000	270,836
31-Dec-2018	GBP	11,166,360	538,391	4,440	113,544	388,687
31-Dec-2017	GBP	11,526,606	488,464	5,073	106,872	337,941

Balance Sheet Financials:

Year end	Currency	Cash	Current Assets	Current Liabilities	Debt	Share Capital	Premium Reserve	Retained Earnings	Net Assets
31-Dec-2019	GBP	2,634	3,494,842	1,844,437	212,335	4,100	1,900	4,105,364	4,111,364
31-Dec-2018	GBP	18	3,460,547	19	20	24	25
31-Dec-2017	GBP	269	4,447,023	2,669,300	371,054	4,100	1,900		3,776,929

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end	Currency	% Equity	Sum raised	Pre-Money Valuation*	Post-Money Valuation*	Enterprise Value**
31-Dec-2019	GBP	99.41%	5,951	35	5,986	107,862
31-Dec-2018	GBP	-16,983.33%	-5,951	5,986	35	188,404

* Average valuation during the period
** Estimated based on average Cash and Debt levels during period

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY

Status	Name	Appointed on	Resigned on	Nationality	All apointments (active/resigned)
Active	Sally Clare THORPE	28 Oct 2014	18 Apr 2024		1 - 0
Resigned	John James WHITAKER	28 Oct 2014	22 Jun 2018		0 - 1
Resigned	Roland John WHITAKER		28 Oct 2014	British	0 - 7

DIRECTORS

Status	Name	Appointed on	Resigned on	Occupation	Nationality	All appointments (active/resigned)	Dissolved companies (rate)
Active	Benjamin Marc ROWLAND	24 Apr 2023		Director Of Operations	British	2 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Active	Gemma Louise WHITAKER	11 Apr 2019		Director	British	1 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Active	William Reginald WHITAKER			Director	British	3 - 5	2 (25.0%)
Resigned	Roland John WHITAKER		20 Oct 2021	Director	British	0 - 7	1 (14.3%)

Number of active directors: 3
Average tenure of active directors: 2.0 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 0.0 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 8.3%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name	Benjamin Marc ROWLAND	Gemma Louise WHITAKER	William Reginald WHITAKER
WHITAKERS CHOCOLATES LIMITED (00697955) - Active	✔	✔	✔
LONGDOWN LIMITED (01921860) - Active			✔
WHITAKERS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED (01966112) - Dissolved			✔
CLAIRE WHITAKER LIMITED (02439182) - Active			✔
WHITAKERS CHOCOLATIERS (SKIPTON) LIMITED (03554022) - Active			✔
WILSON WHITAKER LIMITED (09572507) - Active			✔
ROWLAND ENTERPRISES LTD (13297461) - Active	✔

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name	Share class	Shares at confirmation date
Shareholder name	Share class	2019-04-25	2016-04-25	2015-04-25	2014-04-25	2013-04-25
WRW SETTLEMENT	ORDINARY	1,401 34.2%	1,401 34.2%	1,401 34.2%	1,606 39.2%	1,606 39.2%
RJW SETTLEMENT	ORDINARY	1,271 31%	1,271 31%	1,271 31%	1,476 36%	1,476 36%
WILLIAM REGINALD WHITAKER	ORDINARY	712 17.4%	205 5%	205 5%	0 0%	0 0%
SCT SETTLEMENT	ORDINARY	302 7.37%	302 7.37%	302 7.37%	507 12.4%	507 12.4%
ROLAND JOHN WHITAKER	ORDINARY	205 5%	205 5%	205 5%	0 0%	0 0%
SALLY CLAIRE THORPE	ORDINARY	205 5%	205 5%	205 5%	0 0%	0 0%
WILLIAM REGINALD WHITAKER	ORDINARY C	1 0.024%	0 0%	0 0%	0 0%	0 0%
WILLIAM REGINALD WHITAKER	ORDINARY B	1 0.024%	1 0.024%	1 0.024%	1 0.024%	1 0.024%
ROLAND JOHN WHITAKER	ORDINARY A	1 0.024%	1 0.024%	1 0.024%	1 0.024%	1 0.024%
SALLY CLAIRE THORPE	ORDINARY D	1 0.024%	1 0.024%	1 0.024%	1 0.024%	1 0.024%
JJIW SETTLEMENT	ORDINARY	0 0%	302 7.37%	302 7.37%	507 12.4%	507 12.4%
JOHN JAMES WHITAKER	ORDINARY	0 0%	205 5%	205 5%	0 0%	0 0%
JOHN JAMES WHITAKER	ORDINARY C	0 0%	1 0.024%	1 0.024%	1 0.024%	1 0.024%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES

25-50%:Mr Roland John Whitaker - ceased
>75%:Mr William Reginald Whitaker - active

Controlling entities above

WHITAKERS CHOCOLATES LIMITED

Controlled companies below

>75%:WHITAKERS CHOCOLATES (EXPORTS) LIMITED (02543178 - UK) active

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT

This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES

No Court Cases found

PATENTS

No Patents found

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 10821 Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery)

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)

This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:

Basis	Liquidation within 3 months	Liquidation within 6 months	Liquidation within 12 months	Prediction confidence
WHITAKERS CHOCOLATES LIMITED	0.7%	3.6%	7.1%	Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector	Too few competitors


Age	0.4%	1.4%	2.7%	Medium
Company Type	0.7%	3.7%	7.4%	Medium
Accounts category	0.7%	2.2%	3.8%	Medium
Accounting Month	0.6%	2.4%	5.5%	Medium
Sic code count	0.7%	3.5%	7.0%	Medium