MARS WRIGLEY CONFECTIONERY UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-01 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+13.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£534M
0% vs 2023
Employees
1,853
+3.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£228M
-7.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MARS WRIGLEY CONFECTIONERY UK LIMITED 2018-02-26 → present
- MARS CHOCOLATE UK LIMITED 2008-07-24 → 2018-02-26
- 3597TH SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 2008-07-18 → 2008-07-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,439,051,000 | £1,545,597,000 | |
| Operating profit | £197,349,000 | £194,946,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £245,299,000 | £227,738,000 | |
| Net profit | £206,216,000 | £178,356,000 | |
| Cash | £3,670,000 | £4,171,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £820,612,000 | £849,744,000 | |
| Net assets | £533,455,000 | £533,591,000 | |
| Equity | £533,455,000 | £533,591,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,785 | 1,853 | |
| Wages | £203,524,000 | £237,359,000 |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 12.6% | |
| Net margin | 14.3% | 11.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.0% | 22.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.5% | 64.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.82x | 1.82x | |
| Interest cover | 81.55x | 74.92x |
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
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis given the continued support of the company's owners. This assumed the company will be able to meet its future obligations as they fall due and will settle all payments within the agreed terms. The directors are of the opinion that the Company has adequate resources to meet its financial obligations as they fall due and continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “Sales increased as a result of the continued business focus and investment into products, brands, processes and consumer relationships.”
- “Mars® Wrigley Easter Eggs underwent massive plastic reductions in the UK, eliminating 97% of plastic from packaging.”
- “In 2023 we launched the paper packaged Mars® bar, produced in Slough.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DETERMAN, Billie | Director | 2025-01-14 | Jul 1977 | American |
| FRIEDMAN, Timothy William | Director | 2022-04-05 | May 1970 | British |
| GRANT, Adam Benjamin | Director | 2021-04-06 | Jul 1972 | British |
| GROCHOWSKI, Adrian | Director | 2024-08-20 | May 1986 | Polish |
| KINDRED, Richard John William | Director | 2025-04-08 | Apr 1982 | British |
| WOOD, Kajal | Director | 2021-05-05 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JORDAN, Margaret Alison | Secretary | 2008-07-24 | 2012-07-06 |
| WILLIAMS, Carol | Secretary | 2012-07-06 | 2017-12-29 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-07-18 | 2008-07-25 |
| ALLEN, Dawn Amanda | Director | 2009-03-18 | 2013-12-20 |
| BROCKMAN, Keith | Director | 2014-12-15 | 2016-05-25 |
| CREASER, Dale Abel, Dr | Director | 2011-02-25 | 2015-12-10 |
| DAWSON, Fiona Eleanor | Director | 2008-07-24 | 2015-04-01 |
| FARR, Matthew Griffiths | Director | 2020-11-10 | 2022-04-29 |
| GUTHRIE-BROWN, Stuart | Director | 2008-07-24 | 2014-12-15 |
| HAINES, David James | Director | 2009-03-18 | 2019-08-14 |
| HANNEN, Gabriele | Director | 2013-12-20 | 2014-05-22 |
| JORDAN, Margaret Alison | Director | 2008-07-24 | 2012-07-06 |
| KIMBERLEY, Helen Michelle | Director | 2019-12-10 | 2025-04-08 |
| LANGER, Ian James | Director | 2009-03-18 | 2021-07-02 |
| MANZINI, David Arnaud | Director | 2017-09-07 | 2020-11-16 |
| MAQUIVAR GALLARDO, Blas | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-07-14 |
| MOSS, Colin James Wright | Director | 2017-09-07 | 2020-11-10 |
| OWINGS, Paul Andrew | Director | 2015-12-15 | 2018-08-24 |
| PAGE, Matthew James | Director | 2014-10-10 | 2017-07-14 |
| PARKIN, Barry David | Director | 2009-03-18 | 2009-10-29 |
| PARTON, Andrew Richard | Director | 2016-08-09 | 2024-03-12 |
| PARTON, Andrew Richard | Director | 2009-10-29 | 2011-02-21 |
| SELBY, Helen Kathryn | Director | 2019-12-10 | 2020-03-20 |
| TER MORS, Koen | Director | 2022-09-20 | 2024-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Carol | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2017-12-29 |
| LOVITING LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-07-18 | 2008-07-24 |
| SERJEANTS' INN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-07-18 | 2008-07-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Manufacturers (G.B. Company) | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-02-15 | Active |
| Mars Chocolate Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-02-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
+7.4%
£1,439,051,000 £1,545,597,000
-
Cash
+13.7%
£3,670,000 £4,171,000
-
Net assets
0%
£533,455,000 £533,591,000
-
Employees
+3.8%
1,785 1,853
-
Operating profit
-1.2%
£197,349,000 £194,946,000
-
Profit before tax
-7.2%
£245,299,000 £227,738,000
-
Wages
+16.6%
£203,524,000 £237,359,000
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