WORLD OF SWEETS (HANCOCKS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-01 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+14.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
+9.1% vs 2023
Employees
453
+1.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-71.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WORLD OF SWEETS (HANCOCKS) LIMITED 2021-12-01 → present
- HANCOCK CASH & CARRY LIMITED 1995-01-20 → 2021-12-01
- R.E.& B.HANCOCK LIMITED 1966-01-04 → 1995-01-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £106,498,000 | £102,225,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,200,000 | £1,066,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,295,000 | £1,206,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,445,000 | £1,217,000 | |
| Cash | £1,946,000 | £2,220,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,549,000 | £14,881,000 | |
| Net assets | £13,306,000 | £14,523,000 | |
| Equity | £13,306,000 | £14,523,000 | |
| Average employees | 445 | 453 | |
| Wages | £12,557,000 | £13,403,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.0% | 7.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.5% | 88.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.10x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and the company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements. The company is party to group financing arrangements including a revolving cash facility and has received confirmation of support from the group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEEDLE, Wayne | Director | 2018-04-23 | May 1970 | British |
| FOSTER, Stephen Edward | Director | 2018-04-23 | Jul 1976 | British |
| NORBURY, Richard John | Director | 2022-03-01 | Jul 1984 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARNER, Richard James | Secretary | 2011-05-30 | 2017-04-12 |
| MCDONALD, Stuart Alexander Baird | Secretary | 2007-08-30 | 2011-05-27 |
| WHELDON, Andrea | Secretary | — | 2007-08-30 |
| AMOS, Donald Philip | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| BRITTLE, Richard James | Director | — | 2008-09-26 |
| FOSTER, Stephen Edward | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2017-07-11 |
| FULLER, Rodney David | Director | 1997-03-19 | 1999-06-11 |
| GARNER, Richard James | Director | 2012-11-16 | 2017-04-12 |
| HANCOCK, Adrian Peter | Director | 1992-06-17 | 2012-11-16 |
| HANCOCK, Amanda Victoria | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2012-11-16 |
| HANCOCK, Andrew David | Director | — | 2012-11-16 |
| HANCOCK, Deborah Ann | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2012-11-16 |
| MADHU, Neha | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2018-04-23 |
| MADHU, Vishal | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2018-04-23 |
| MCDONALD, Stuart Alexander Baird | Director | 1999-06-11 | 2011-05-27 |
| SUMMERLEY, Jonathan Fitzgerald | Director | 2012-11-16 | 2017-07-11 |
| WATSON, Mark Anthony | Director | — | 2017-04-12 |
| WHELDON, Andrea | Director | 1997-03-19 | 2007-08-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Of Sweets Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-06-15 | Active |
| Hancocks Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-21 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2023-08-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-21 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-08-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-4%
£106,498,000 £102,225,000
-
Cash
+14.1%
£1,946,000 £2,220,000
-
Net assets
+9.1%
£13,306,000 £14,523,000
-
Employees
+1.8%
445 453
-
Operating profit
-74.6%
£4,200,000 £1,066,000
-
Profit before tax
-71.9%
£4,295,000 £1,206,000
-
Wages
+6.7%
£12,557,000 £13,403,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers