TXT In plain English
Company description
MARS FOOD UK LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 18 July 2008; registered for 18 years; registered office reported in SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 10890 · Manufacture of other food products n.e.c..
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 4 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
- MARS FOOD UK LIMITED
- Company number
- 06649971
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 1 total · 0 outstanding · 1 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
28 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
18 July 2025Next statement due
1 August 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- -135.7%
- Mean bonus gap
- -64.2%
- Women receiving bonus
- 95.7%
- Men receiving bonus
- 96.7%
- Women in top quartile
- 51.6%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 45.9%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 31.1%
- Women in lower quartile
- 24.6%
Earlier reporting years (7)
- Less than 250-68.4% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-62.9% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-34.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-41.7% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-28.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-31.3% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-18.3% 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 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 5 August 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- 120 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No retention clauses reported
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £5,011,833
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £6,697,441
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £30,313,272
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £2,705,567
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 13.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 4.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 180 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Payment terms changed
Payment cycles moved from daily to weekly
How suppliers were notified
Supplies were notified in writing
- 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
days from invoice receipt processed on weekly payment cycle
- Dispute resolution process
Suppliers are instructed to contact Genpact Helpdesk Team who provides services to Mars at mars.aphelpdesk.uk@effem.com. Helpdesk Team will aim to resolve any dispute within 2-5 working days
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 54.0 average days to pay51.0% outside terms
- 61.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 56.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 53.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 53.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 58.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 73.0 average days to pay15.0% 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
MARS FOOD UK LIMITED
LEI 549300CXI65XZAWH3Y46 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 17 July 2008
- Initial LEI registration
- 7 February 2014
- LEI last updated
- 15 February 2025
- Next renewal
- 14 February 2025
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- 3598TH SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
- Legal address
- 3D DUNDEE ROAD, SLOUGH, GB-SLG, SL1 4LG, GB
- Headquarters address
- 3D DUNDEE ROAD, SLOUGH, GB-SLG, SL1 4LG, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
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
Mars Food UK Limited
Registration ZA183546
- Registered from
- 20 May 2016
- Current end date
- 19 May 2027
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
SEEDS OF CHANGE
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 9 January 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 January 2025
SEEDS OF CHANGE, TIME TO CHANGE
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 6 March 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 March 2022
UNCLE BEN'S RICE TIME
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 21 December 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 December 2020
UNCLE BEN'S NOODLE TIME
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 21 December 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 December 2020
MasterFoods
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 31 March 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 March 2024
Masterfoods Interamerica
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30,31
- Filed / designated
- 1 April 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 April 2023
SEEDSofCHANGE Signature
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 5,29,30
- Filed / designated
- 26 February 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 February 2023
HERBWELL
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 5,29,30,32
- Filed / designated
- 22 September 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 September 2020
PERFORMANCE
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30,32
- Filed / designated
- 2 August 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 August 2020
EXQUISOTTO
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 1 March 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 March 2020
TIAMO
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 6 October 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 October 2019
UNCLE BEN'S PERFECT EVERY TIME
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 23 June 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 June 2019
"Perfect every time"
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 23 February 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 February 2019
TEAM
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 5,29,30,31,32
- Filed / designated
- 10 February 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 February 2019
RAVS
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 8 April 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 April 2018
UNCLE BEN'S SIGNATURES
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 8 April 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 April 2028
RISPINOS
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 13 February 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 February 2028
DOLMIO
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 29 August 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 August 2027
LASAGNWICH
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 13 May 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 May 2027
BABY BEN
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 19 March 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 March 2027
DIPSTERS
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 10 December 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 December 2026
FLYTE
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 11 October 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 October 2026
MASTER BRANDS
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 5,29,30,31,32,35,36,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 15 March 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 March 2026
DOLMIO STIR-IN
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 24 November 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 November 2025
Uncle Ben's
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 25 September 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 September 2025
THAI
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 26 July 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 July 2025
Figurative mark
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2025
Figurative mark
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2025
Uncle Ben's
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 29
- Filed / designated
- 4 October 1994
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 October 2021
Uncle Ben's
Owner Mars Food UK Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 12 November 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 November 2020
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
Food Manufacturers (G.B. Company)
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Unlimited With Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 01191790
- Notified
- 15 February 2023
Mars Petcare Uk Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 06650043
- Notified
- 15 February 2023
- Ceased
- 15 February 2023
Mars Slough Uk Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 06650163
- Notified
- 15 February 2023
- Ceased
- 15 February 2023
Mars Melton Uk Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Company Limited By Shares
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 15 February 2023
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.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
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.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
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
- Company name
Previous name: 3598TH SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
- 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.