World Of Sweets (Distribution) Limited
Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery · Loughborough
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 2002Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts
Net assets
£10,296,000
Cash
£1,960,000
Turnover
£75,184,000
Profit / loss
£1,861,000
Current assets
£45,607,000
Creditors < 1 year
£37,719,000
Equity
£10,296,000
Average employees
Not available
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
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| Reported figures | 2025-12-3112 months · Company · AI-read | 2024-12-31Company · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £10,296,000 | £8,435,000 |
| Equity | £10,296,000 | £8,435,000 |
| Retained earnings | £10,296,000 | £8,435,000 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £2,518,000 | £3,157,000 |
| Intangible assets | £1,903,000 | £2,340,000 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £615,000 | £817,000 |
| Current assets | £45,607,000 | £41,554,000 |
| Cash at bank | £1,960,000 | £1,935,000 |
| Debtors | £40,822,000 | £37,306,000 |
| Stock | £2,825,000 | £2,313,000 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £37,719,000 | £36,206,000 |
| Provisions | £110,000 | £70,000 |
| Net current assets | £7,888,000 | £5,348,000 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £10,406,000 | £8,505,000 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £75,184,000 | £85,644,000 |
| Cost of sales | £57,974,000 | £66,906,000 |
| Gross profit | £17,210,000 | £18,738,000 |
| Distribution costs | £1,982,000 | £2,286,000 |
| Administrative expenses | £13,327,000 | £13,379,000 |
| Operating profit | £1,901,000 | £3,073,000 |
| Interest receivable | — | £8,000 |
| Interest payable | — | £1,000 |
| Profit before tax | £1,901,000 | £3,080,000 |
| Tax | £40,000 | — |
| Profit / loss | £1,861,000 | £3,080,000 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £309,000 | £341,000 |
| Amortisation | £437,000 | £438,000 |
| Audit fees | £31,000 | £31,000 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Principal activity
- The principal activity of the company is the wholesaling of confectionery products.
- What it does
- wholesaling · confectionery products · wholesale customers (AI keywords)
- The year
- The company recorded sales of £75,184,000 (2024: £85,644,000) and a profit before taxation of £1,901,000 (2024: £3,080,000). The majority of the reduction in sales arose through reduced intercompany trading. The company had net assets of £10,296,000 (2024: £8,435,000) which increased as a result of the profit for the year.
- Outlook
- The company has plans and aspirations to develop the business through a further widening of the product range, customers and markets.
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Immediate parent
- World of Sweets Group Limited
- Ultimate parent
- World of Goodness Jersey Holdco Limited · Jersey
- Ultimate controlling party
- A&M Capital Advisors Europe LLP
- Accounts
- Full accounts · FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-04-30, signed by R Norbury
Turnover by segment (4)
- Within the UK: 73,162 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Within the UK: 83,270 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Overseas markets including Republic of Ireland: 2,022 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Overseas markets including Republic of Ireland: 2,374 (000s) (2024-12-31)
Share classes (1)
- 1 ordinary of £1
Principal risks (8)
- overall economic conditions
- inflationary pressures
- competition from local and national wholesalers
- commodity price risk
- credit risk
- currency risk
- liquidity risk
- interest rate risk
Contingent liabilities (1)
- The company has given cross guarantees in respect of £103.4m (2024: £99.9m) of parent company borrowings.
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
1 outstanding chargesAll Assets · created 2023-08-09
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OutstandingShow 6 satisfied / released
All Assets · created 2021-12-17 · satisfied 2023-06-24
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2020-05-12 · satisfied 2023-06-24
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2018-09-20 · satisfied 2023-06-24
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2017-04-28 · satisfied 2023-06-24
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2014-03-04 · satisfied 2019-07-06
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2012-11-16 · satisfied 2019-07-06
All monies
Satisfied