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 11 current · 5 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.
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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