LIONEL HITCHEN LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£72,478,503
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
The group's principal activities include the extraction of botanical materials, distillation, separation, washing, de-waxing of essential oils, blending of food flavourings in liquid form and trading of a variety of flavouring ingredients. Future prospects are described in the Strategic Report.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1965-02-19
- Employees
- 159 (2025 accounts · was 140 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Virginia Works, Greenwich Way, Andover, Hampshire, England, SP10 4JX
- Postcode
- SP10 4JX
- Capital
- 21,001 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-09
- Next due by
- 2027-01-23
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10890 Manufacture of other food products not elsewhere classified
Officers 10 current · 7 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by ALLOS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-09-30) as part of the ALLOS HOLDINGS LIMITED group statement — 7 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB972439 (Tier 2), registered since 2025.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- lionelhitchen.com
Lionel Hitchen is a manufacturer and supplier of natural flavour ingredients to the food and beverage industry.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LIONEL HITCHEN (ESSENTIAL OILS) LIMITED | 2017-09-13 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 33-34 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, WC2A 1EN | 1986-06-06 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 42 similar companies in SP — measured against the wider sector
2nd largest employer among its local peers (159 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1965.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2024-06-19
- Price paid, where recorded
- £4,274,477
- Where
- Hampshire (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP887106 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2024-06-19 | — |
| HP802249 | Hampshire | Freehold | 2023-09-20 | £24,477 |
| HP848163 | Hampshire | Freehold | 2020-08-26 | £4,250,000 |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
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