TXT In plain English
Company description
HOVIS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 15 January 2014; registered for 12 years; registered office reported in LONDON, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 10710 · Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 trade marks, 1 procurement record. 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
- HOVIS LIMITED
- Company number
- 08846838
- 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
27 September 2025Next accounts due
30 June 2027Last statement made up to
14 January 2026Next statement due
28 January 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 4.4%
- Mean bonus gap
- 2.6%
- Women receiving bonus
- 1.1%
- Men receiving bonus
- 2.2%
- Women in top quartile
- 15.7%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 7.1%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 9.5%
- Women in lower quartile
- 13.3%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 4999-0.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49990.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49990.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49990.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-1.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-11.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-0.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-2.8% 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 2023 – 30 June 2023
- Filed
- 15 September 2023
- Shortest standard term
- 74 days
- Longest standard term
- 105 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- Not supplied
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 23.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 110 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
N/A
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Hovis Limited shall pay or procure the payment of all invoices within seventy five (75) days of the end of the month of receipt provided that:
1. If in the opinion of Hovis Limited any invoice is incorrect it shall notify the Supplier and payment shall not be due to the Supplier for the price set out in such invoice unless and until a correct invoice has been submitted to the Company and then payment shall be due within seventy five (75) days of the end of the month of receipt of such corrected invoice.
2. If the payment due date of an invoice does not fall on a Business Day, payment shall become due on the Business Day following the due date.
Hovis Limited raises payment instructions in line with agreed payment terms, with no allowance for fund transmission times. The funds are available to suppliers between 1 and 5 days after the payment terms date depending upon the method of transmission. - Other payment-term information
N/A
- Dispute resolution process
Suppliers with invoice queries can contact the AP team either via the email address apqueries@hovis.co.uk or via direct contact with a member of the Accounts Payable team. The Accounts Payable team will investigate the query and will respond to the Supplier with a resolution. The Accounts Payable team will also get in contact with the Supplier if they find an issue with the invoice.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 64.0 average days to pay42.0% outside terms
- 65.0 average days to pay35.0% outside terms
- 73.0 average days to pay55.0% outside terms
- 64.0 average days to pay42.0% outside terms
- 64.0 average days to pay1.0% outside terms
- 64.0 average days to pay30.0% outside terms
- 66.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
- 65.0 average days to pay60.0% outside terms
- 67.0 average days to pay84.0% outside terms
- 69.0 average days to pay83.0% outside terms
- 67.0 average days to pay80.0% 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
HOVIS LIMITED
LEI 2138001W6TTEIZY4E665 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- Not supplied
- Initial LEI registration
- 23 December 2017
- LEI last updated
- 24 December 2019
- Next renewal
- 23 December 2019
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- HOVIS OPCO LIMITED
- Legal address
- THE LORD RANK CENTRE, LINCOLN ROAD, HIGH WYCOMBE, GB-LND, HP12 3QS, GB
- Headquarters address
- THE LORD RANK CENTRE, LINCOLN ROAD, HIGH WYCOMBE, GB-LND, HP12 3QS, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_LEI
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_LEI
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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
GOOD INSIDE
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 1 June 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 June 2025
TOAST'EMS
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 7 April 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 April 2025
MAA'S CHOICE
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 30 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 March 2025
MAA'S CHOICE
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 30 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 March 2025
FLEMING HOWDEN
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 2,6,16,21,29,30
- Filed / designated
- 24 November 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 November 2024
HOVIS TASTE SENSATIONS
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 23 June 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 June 2024
HOMEBAKE FRESH FROM YOUR OVEN
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 22 December 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 December 2021
HOVIS BAKERY
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 21 December 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 December 2021
FRUIT AND SEED SENSATIONS
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 10 November 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 November 2020
FLEMING HOWDEN
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30,43
- Filed / designated
- 13 September 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 September 2020
Hearty Oats
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 18 February 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 February 2020
SINCE 1886 HoVIS
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 20 August 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 August 2018
SINCE 1886 HoVIS
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 20 August 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 August 2018
SINCE 1886 HoVIS
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 20 August 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 August 2018
SINCE 1886 HoVIS
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 20 August 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 August 2018
HoVIS
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 20 August 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 August 2018
Figurative mark
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 1 August 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 August 2018
SEED SENSATIONS
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 2 May 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 May 2027
BREAD POCKETS
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 21 April 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 April 2027
Nimble
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 3 July 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 July 2026
invisible crust
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 22 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 October 2025
HOVIS CRUSTLESS
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 30 April 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 April 2025
HOVIS CRUST FREE
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 30 April 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 April 2025
HOVIS 0% CRUST
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 30 April 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 April 2025
HOVIS UNCRUSTY
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 30 April 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 April 2025
HOVIS NO CRUST
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 30 April 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 April 2025
INVISIBLE
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 23 April 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 April 2025
ALL IN ALL
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 23 April 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 April 2025
RANK HOVIS
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 21 October 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 October 2024
HOVIS GOOD MORNING
Owner Hovis Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 7 February 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 February 2024
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.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Hovis Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Registrar Of Companies (England And Wales)
- Registration number
- 08846818
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
11 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.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 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
1 procurement process 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.
14 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: HOVIS OPCO LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 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.
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.