LUDWIG CHOCOLATE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-20 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-71.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-20.5% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
+4.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LUDWIG CHOCOLATE LIMITED 1994-03-09 → present
- BEAVERSTORE LIMITED 1993-11-29 → 1994-03-09
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 | £104,301,886 | £105,218,008 | |
| Operating profit | £2,513,435 | £2,644,761 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,381,852 | £2,484,690 | |
| Net profit | £2,348,588 | £1,844,646 | |
| Cash | £4,915,688 | £1,410,442 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £8,069,570 | £6,414,216 | |
| Equity | £8,069,570 | £6,414,216 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2.4% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 1.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.41x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 15.54x | 14.54x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, which also consider the economic impact in the UK of increased overhead costs. Trading performance seen to date in FY25 has continued to be strong as a result of the nature of the entity's product, and the fact the Company's main customers continue to perform strongly in the retail market. The Directors' have prepared a forecast for the next 12 months based on prudent assumptions which show the Company has sufficient cash reserves and will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for payment.”
Significant events
- “There are no post balance sheet events.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FROEHLICH, Martin, Dr | Secretary | 2018-07-09 | — | — |
| COLSMAN, Guido Andreas, Dr | Director | 2005-12-31 | Nov 1967 | German |
| DE VOOGD, Michael Gerard Albrecht | Director | 2019-08-01 | Feb 1963 | Dutch |
| SLATER, Mark | Director | 2019-02-19 | Nov 1981 | British |
| WOOD, Daniel John | Director | 2021-12-15 | Nov 1977 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE JONG, Rommert Hendrik | Secretary | 1994-01-10 | 1994-04-06 |
| LOCK, David Peter | Secretary | 1994-04-06 | 2018-07-09 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-11-29 | 1994-01-10 |
| DAVIES, Christopher Neil | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| HEIL, Ben | Director | 1994-01-10 | 1996-01-15 |
| WALTER, Udo | Director | 1996-01-30 | 2005-12-31 |
| WOOD, Erich | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2019-07-31 |
| ZIMMERMANN, Franz-Josef | Director | 1994-01-10 | 2000-11-01 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-11-29 | 1994-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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
+0.9%
£104,301,886 £105,218,008
-
Cash
-71.3%
£4,915,688 £1,410,442
-
Net assets
-20.5%
£8,069,570 £6,414,216
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+5.2%
£2,513,435 £2,644,761
-
Profit before tax
+4.3%
£2,381,852 £2,484,690
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