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Company description
THORNTONS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 13 May 1921; registered for 105 years; registered office reported in GREENFORD, MIDDLESEX. Its primary declared activity is 10821 · Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 30 trade marks. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- THORNTONS LIMITED
- Company number
- 00174706
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 4 total · 0 outstanding · 4 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 August 2025Next accounts due
31 May 2027Last statement made up to
18 November 2025Next statement due
2 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 18.7%
- Women receiving bonus
- 75.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 75.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 26.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 41.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 40.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 47.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 500 to 9990.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4990.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99910.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49991.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499912.8% median hourly gap
- Not Provided19.5% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499920.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499921.9% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 September 2025 – 28 February 2026
- Filed
- 4 August 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 1 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No retention clauses reported
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 September 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £1,599,299
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £10,246,116
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £13,827,400
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £8,976,157
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 35.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 25.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with payments
- Not supplied
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Payment by BACS transfer for the goods/service unless otherwise agreed and detailed in the PO shall be 60 days from invoice date.
- Dispute resolution process
Suppliers are able to contact the business regarding complaint or concern on the following email address. gbr.accountspayable@ferrero.com where a team of experts will direct the query to the relevant department. The complaint or concern will be considered by that department. The length of time taken to resolve the complaint or concern is dictated by its nature. If a resolution cannot be agreed upon the business will use and escalation process both within the business and with the supplier until a resolution by both parties can be found. Thorntons also offer the supplier access to their portal to enable them to have the ability to follow the progress of an invoice right through to payment.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 67.0 average days to pay21.0% outside terms
- 65.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
- 61.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 62.0 average days to pay26.0% outside terms
- 69.0 average days to pay52.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay41.0% outside terms
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
- 38.0 average days to pay58.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay77.0% outside terms
- 32.0 average days to pay57.0% outside terms
- 32.0 average days to pay41.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
THORNTONS PLC
LEI 213800X2XQ1WJFTMJ938 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- Not supplied
- Initial LEI registration
- 27 March 2015
- LEI last updated
- 27 March 2015
- Next renewal
- 27 March 2016
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- THORNTON PARK, SOMERCOTES, DE55 4XJ, GB
- Headquarters address
- THORNTON PARK, SOMERCOTES, DE55 4XJ, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Thorntons Limited
Registration Z5929762
- Registered from
- 26 November 2001
- Current end date
- 25 November 2026
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
THORNTONS DELIGHTS
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 9 January 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 January 2027
THORNTON'S FABULOUS FUDGE
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 16 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 March 2025
HARRY HOPALOT
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 9,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 14 October 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 October 2024
THINGERS
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 14 November 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 November 2023
HARRY HOPALOT
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 4 June 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 June 2023
Thorntons
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30,35
- Filed / designated
- 27 February 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 February 2023
Figurative mark
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30,35
- Filed / designated
- 27 February 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 February 2023
Thorntons
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30,35
- Filed / designated
- 26 February 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 February 2023
LOVINGLY BRITISH SINCE 1911
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30,35
- Filed / designated
- 21 February 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 February 2023
Figurative mark
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30,35
- Filed / designated
- 21 February 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 February 2023
Thorntons
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30,35
- Filed / designated
- 21 February 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 February 2023
MINIMELTS
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 1 December 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 December 2020
love milk
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 28 July 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 July 2020
OH..SO COCOA
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30,35
- Filed / designated
- 26 March 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 March 2020
SO COCOA
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30,35
- Filed / designated
- 26 March 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 March 2020
FUSIONS
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 12 February 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 February 2019
THORNTONS MOMENTS
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 17 August 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 August 2027
CLUB COCOA
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 24 April 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 April 2027
THORNTONS CHOCOLATISSIMO
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 1 December 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 December 2026
CHOCOLATISSIMO
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 1 December 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 December 2026
TOFFI-CHOCS
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 12 April 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 April 2026
THORNTONS PREMIUM COLLECTION
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 31 March 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 March 2026
THORNTONS CLASSIC COLLECTION
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 31 March 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 March 2026
Thorntons the Art of the Chocolatier ORIGINS N S
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 13 March 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 March 2024
DESSERT GALLERY
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 26 November 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 November 2023
SUBLIME SWEET SEDUCTION
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 26 February 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 February 2023
THORNTONS THE ART OF THE CHOCOLATIER
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 26 February 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 February 2023
THORNTONS
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 20 November 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 November 2019
HEAVENLY TASTES FROM THORNTONS
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 17 February 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 February 2018
THORNTONS CHOCCIES
Owner Thorntons Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 13 February 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 February 2027
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Ferrero International S.A.
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- Luxembourg
- Legal authority
- Grand-Duchy Of Luxembourg.
- Legal form
- Société Anonyme - Public Limited Company
- Place registered
- Registre De Commerce Et Des Sociétés'' (Rcs)
- Registration number
- B60814
- Notified
- 23 August 2022
Ferholding Uk Ltd
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- England & Wales Companies Registry
- Registration number
- 09637211
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 23 August 2022
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.