STOP-CHOC LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-05 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
-4% vs 2023
Employees
93
+9.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+21.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,562,288 | £22,504,979 | |
| Operating profit | £3,795,698 | £4,650,466 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,902,559 | £4,751,844 | |
| Net profit | £2,977,129 | £3,584,801 | |
| Cash | £13,414 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,262,694 | £9,831,847 | |
| Net assets | £4,881,578 | £4,685,322 | |
| Equity | £4,881,578 | £4,685,322 | |
| Average employees | 85 | 93 | |
| Wages | £3,696,626 | £4,448,617 |
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 | 19.4% | 20.7% | |
| Net margin | 15.2% | 15.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.0% | 47.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.5% | 67.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.61x | 2.16x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors having assessed all available information and business indicators up to and including 31 December 2026, confirms the ability of the Company to be viable and continue as a going concern until 31 December 2026 and beyond. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Turnover increased by 15% on the prior year resulting in a 20.41% increase in profit after tax.”
- “Shareholders' funds remined nearly same level as in 2023 and the dividend payment was £3.8m during the year 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHAMED, Basheer | Secretary | 2017-08-22 | — | — |
| GRIDEL, Jerome Alain Pierre Andre | Director | 2023-01-16 | Aug 1973 | French |
| GUITOU, Stephane Simon Louis | Director | 2025-10-01 | Jun 1970 | French |
| HUGHES, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2023-01-16 | Jul 1969 | British |
| ORANCE, Nicolas | Director | 2024-11-28 | Oct 1969 | French |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROUCHER, Robert Andrew | Secretary | 2006-02-27 | 2006-10-02 |
| GANDHI, Jayanti Gandalal | Secretary | 2001-03-01 | 2006-02-27 |
| MAY, Leslie Clive | Secretary | 1996-12-17 | 2001-02-28 |
| PALM, Trevor George | Secretary | — | 1996-12-22 |
| RASZPLA, Marian Jan | Secretary | 2006-10-02 | 2017-08-21 |
| ANTOLIN, Eric | Director | 2020-12-23 | 2025-09-30 |
| BODIN, Jacques Anne Louis Paul | Director | — | 1994-03-11 |
| BONI, Bernard | Director | 2023-09-30 | 2024-11-28 |
| CLOUT, Pierre Christian | Director | 1994-03-11 | 2009-03-31 |
| COOPER, Robert William | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2003-06-03 |
| DUNN, John Michael Henderson | Director | — | 2009-09-04 |
| MAIGNE, Jacques | Director | 1994-03-11 | 2009-03-31 |
| MAY, Leslie Clive | Director | — | 2001-02-28 |
| OLIVIER, Philippe | Director | 2020-12-23 | 2023-09-29 |
| PALM, Trevor George | Director | — | 1996-12-22 |
| PINERI, Jacques | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2008-12-17 |
| POIRIER, Laurent Francis | Director | 2008-12-17 | 2020-12-23 |
| SMITH, Maurice James | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2023-04-15 |
| SOUCHET, Christine Fernande Clotilde | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2016-09-01 |
| STEER, Robert Wayne | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2023-05-05 |
| TOUMIRE, Etienne Francis | Director | — | 1994-03-11 |
| VAZ, Arnaud Marie | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2020-12-23 |
| VAZ, Arnaud Marie | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2014-10-01 |
| WALKER, Michael Geoffrey | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2022-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-07-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-12-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+15%
£19,562,288 £22,504,979
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-4%
£4,881,578 £4,685,322
-
Employees
+9.4%
85 93
-
Operating profit
+22.5%
£3,795,698 £4,650,466
-
Profit before tax
+21.8%
£3,902,559 £4,751,844
-
Wages
+20.3%
£3,696,626 £4,448,617
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