WALKERS CHOCOLATES LIMITED
Company number 05031714 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Walkers Chocolates Limited presents a paradoxical risk profile: strong and growing revenue (£35.5m, +27.7%) alongside catastrophic equity erosion (net assets down 92% over four years to just £0.9m). The company is effectively sustained by an £8.2m interest-free related-party loan from the Walker family, creating a high-dependency relationship between the trading entity and its shareholders' willingness to continue funding losses. While new contract wins and management changes offer a credible path to recovery, the margin profile (15.4% gross) leaves minimal room for error. An institutional investor should treat this as a high-risk proposition requiring clear evidence of profit recovery in post-2024 trading before committing capital.
Shareholders' funds
£1,949,608
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-02-02
- Employees
- 126 (2025 accounts · was 193 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Walkers House Coventry Road, Hay Mills, Birmingham, West Midlands, B25 8HE
- Postcode
- B25 8HE
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-02
- Next due by
- 2027-02-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10821 Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery
Officers 3 current · 12 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by WALKERS INVESTMENTS LIMITED — since 2019-01-11
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.
Contact details
- Website
- walkerschocolates.co.uk
Walkers Chocolates
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 8, PEDHAM PLACE, WESTED LANE, SWANLEY, KENT BR8 8EE | 2004-12-09 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 15 similar companies in B
2nd largest employer among its local peers (126 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2004.
Competitors Birmingham
This company ranks 2 among manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery in Birmingham.
The class of 2004
37%
of the 135,816 companies incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.