KINNERTON (CONFECTIONERY) CO. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-20 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£722K
-17.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£20M
+6.7% vs 2023
Employees
685
-18.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-65.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £90,747,833 | £85,668,195 | |
| Operating profit | £6,708,840 | £3,965,021 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,447,332 | £1,537,309 | |
| Net profit | £3,646,726 | £1,252,209 | |
| Cash | £880,076 | £722,259 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,563,749 | £55,014,146 | |
| Net assets | £18,818,891 | £20,071,100 | |
| Equity | £18,818,891 | £20,071,100 | |
| Average employees | 844 | 685 | |
| Wages | £25,475,200 | £21,951,064 |
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 | 7.4% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.8% | 7.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.4% | 74.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.42x | 1.46x | |
| Interest cover | 2.94x | 1.33x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for the period to 31 May 2026, being the going concern period assessed by the Directors, and meet its liabilities as they fall due. Based on the review as performed and the aforementioned financial position and forecast cash flows of the Company and wider Zertus GmbH group, the Directors have concluded it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- KINNERTON (CONFECTIONERY) CO. LIMITED · parent
- Lir Chocolates Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 May 2024, as part of a group reorganisation, the trade and assets of the Sherburn production site were transferred to Humdinger Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zetar Limited, at book value.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Jane Marie | Director | 2025-09-15 | Jun 1972 | British |
| COLLIER, Lindsey | Director | 2019-12-02 | Mar 1974 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, Mark Terence | Secretary | 2005-04-11 | 2017-01-31 |
| FRANCEY, Alison Jane | Secretary | 2020-03-27 | 2026-01-12 |
| HEBRON, Nigel Patrick | Secretary | 2017-04-03 | 2020-03-27 |
| SHERMAN, Paul Roger | Secretary | — | 2005-04-11 |
| BEECHAM, Clive Henry | Director | — | 2013-12-18 |
| BEECHAM, Robert Simon | Director | — | 2005-03-17 |
| BUTTERS, Henry Edward | Director | 2013-03-21 | 2017-06-12 |
| CATTON, Julia Louise | Director | 2018-05-29 | 2020-07-31 |
| CATTON, Julia Louise | Director | 2010-10-20 | 2017-05-09 |
| CHETWOOD, Gordon James | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2015-03-20 |
| CLACK, David Broughton | Director | 1999-05-05 | 2018-12-31 |
| CLARK, Mark Terence | Director | 2002-10-10 | 2017-01-31 |
| DAVIS, Bradley Ian | Director | 1996-09-16 | 2017-05-09 |
| DENNIS, Caroline Louise | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2017-05-09 |
| DOUGLAS, Anthony John | Director | 1995-08-22 | 1999-11-30 |
| FRANCEY, Alison Jane | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2026-01-12 |
| HEBRON, Nigel Patrick | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2020-03-27 |
| KIERAN, Alistair Christopher | Director | 2018-09-17 | 2019-12-02 |
| KNIGHT, Steven Bernard | Director | 2007-09-19 | 2016-07-01 |
| LOWE, Dominic Simon | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| MALLINSON, Martin Douglas | Director | 2005-10-19 | 2007-12-31 |
| REILLY, Richard Noel | Director | 1999-05-05 | 2016-11-01 |
| SELLERS, Richard Andrew | Director | — | 2003-08-13 |
| SHERMAN, Paul Roger | Director | — | 2002-09-30 |
| TRIPP, Paul Robert | Director | 2019-09-30 | 2024-12-13 |
| WHITESIDE, Julia Mary | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2017-05-09 |
| WYATT, Rachel Victoria | Director | 2009-03-12 | 2017-05-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zetar Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-04-25 | Active |
| Zetar Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 237 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-5.6%
£90,747,833 £85,668,195
-
Cash
-17.9%
£880,076 £722,259
-
Net assets
+6.7%
£18,818,891 £20,071,100
-
Employees
-18.8%
844 685
-
Operating profit
-40.9%
£6,708,840 £3,965,021
-
Profit before tax
-65.4%
£4,447,332 £1,537,309
-
Wages
-13.8%
£25,475,200 £21,951,064
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