MARS WRIGLEY CONFECTIONERY UK LIMITED
Company number 06649982 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Mars Wrigley Confectionery UK Limited is a tier-one player in the UK confectionery manufacturing sector, operating with significant financial backing from its Mars Incorporated parent and a portfolio of power brands that provide competitive insulation against private label encroachment. The company faces the same structural challenges affecting the broader industry — cocoa price volatility, sugar reduction pressures, retailer concentration, and shifting consumer health preferences — but its scale, reformulation capabilities, and global group resources position it considerably better than mid-tier and smaller competitors to navigate these headwinds. The 2018 integration of the Mars Chocolate and Wrigley divisions has created a cross-category confectionery platform with enhanced retail leverage and brand portfolio breadth, though sustained investment in brand equity and supply chain sustainability will be critical to maintaining competitive positioning in an increasingly demanding regulatory and consumer environment.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2008-07-18
- Registered office
- 3d Dundee Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 4LG
- Postcode
- SL1 4LG
- Capital
- 48,497,265 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-28
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-18
- Next due by
- 2027-08-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10821 Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery
Officers 6 current · 29 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by FOOD MANUFACTURERS (G.B. COMPANY) — since 2023-02-15
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WRIGLEY CANDY UK Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 2
£33,450,825 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee (Temporary Worker (A rating)), Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Gender pay gap
9.2%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- mars.com
Mars proudly makes the treats, nutritious meals, and many of your favorite products. Learn why we’re ready to become a part of your family.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| MARS CHOCOLATE UK LIMITED | 2018-02-26 |
| 3597TH SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED | 2008-07-24 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 25/07/2008 FROM, 21 HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON, EC1A 2DY, UNITED KINGDOM | 2008-07-25 |
| 21 HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON, EC1A 2DY, UNITED KINGDOM | 2008-07-25 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 175 similar companies in SL — measured against the wider sector, trading since 2008
The class of 2008
24%
of the 245,266 companies incorporated in 2008 are still active today; 74% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 5 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2022-04-25
- Where
- Slough (2), City Of Plymouth (1), Greater London (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BK525325 | Slough | Leasehold | 2022-04-25 | — |
| DN29424 | City Of Plymouth | Freehold | 2018-03-26 | — |
| BK486620 | Slough | Leasehold | 2017-09-08 | — |
| NGL922761 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2011-12-07 | — |
| BM75107 | Buckinghamshire | Freehold | 2008-10-30 | — |
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