Annual accounts
Full accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- High Street, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil CF48 3TB
- Classification (2 SIC codes)
- Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery (10.82/1 - SIC 2007)Manufacture of sugar confectionery (10.82/2 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 29/09/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Alphonsus Cornelis Lambertus Thaddeus Walder as a person with significant control on 2026-09-29
- 23/06/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 12 in full
- 21/02/1991View PDF (0 pages)
Registered office changed on 21/02/91 from:\dowlais, merthyr tydfil, mid glamorgan, CF48 3TR
- 04/02/1991View PDF (0 pages)
Registered office changed on 04/02/91 from:\60 ebury street, london, SW1W 9QD
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
27/02/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 13/02/2026Due 27/02/2027
- Next statement date
- 13/02/2027
- Last statement dated
- 13/02/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2022–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£23.04M2024
27.66%vs 20232023: £18.05M
Total Assets
£39.37M2024
6.58%vs 20232023: £36.94M
Cash in Bank
£3.81M2024
-0.94%vs 20232023: £3.84M
Total Liabilities
£8.60M2024
-21.71%vs 20232023: £10.99M
Employees
4652024
+18vs 20232023: 447
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Net assets moved furthest, up 27.66% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +31% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2022–2024.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures5 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 3 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 3 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2022–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 465 | +18 |
| 2023 | 447 | +33 |
| 2022 | 414 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 414 in 2022 to 465 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
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- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
12Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 01/02/2026–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 01/02/2000–31/12/2021 | 0 | |
| Director | 07/04/1992–31/03/1998 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 09/11/2022–31/07/2024 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 14/01/2020–09/11/2022 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 10/12/2004–14/01/2020 | 0 | |
| Director | 07/07/2021–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/02/2025–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/01/1999–10/12/2004 | 3 | |
| Director | 21/06/2005–07/07/2021 | 0 | |
| Director | 14/05/2020–31/08/2022 | 0 | |
| Director | 31/03/1998–31/01/2000 | 6 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–07/07/2021 | 0 | |
| 07/07/2021–Present | 10 | |
| 06/04/2016–07/07/2021 | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 5
- Since 28/11/1990
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Most recent filing
- 29/09/2026
- less than a month ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changesLatest 29/09/2026
- Charges and mortgagesLatest 23/06/2026
Filing timeline
- 29/09/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Alphonsus Cornelis Lambertus Thaddeus Walder as a person with significant control on 2026-09-29
- 23/06/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 12 in full
- 21/02/1991View PDF (0 pages)
Registered office changed on 21/02/91 from:\dowlais, merthyr tydfil, mid glamorgan, CF48 3TR
- 04/02/1991View PDF (0 pages)
Registered office changed on 04/02/91 from:\60 ebury street, london, SW1W 9QD
- 28/11/1990View PDF (0 pages)
Registered office changed on 28/11/90 from:\2 baches street, london, N1 6UB
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About O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in High Street, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil CF48 3TB. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery, one of 2 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 35 years 10 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £23.04M and 465 employees.
O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED under 2 registered business activities: Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery (10.82/1 - SIC 2007) and Manufacture of sugar confectionery (10.82/2 - SIC 2007).
O.P. CHOCOLATE LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 12/11/1990.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £23.04M, total assets of £39.37M, cash in bank of £3.81M and total liabilities of £8.60M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 29/09/2026: Cessation of Alphonsus Cornelis Lambertus Thaddeus Walder as a person with significant control on 2026-09-29, less than a month ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 27/02/2027.
Companies House lists 12 officers (3 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (1 current).