COLE'S PUDDINGS LTD.
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Executive summary
Cole's Puddings is a long-established, single-site premium manufacturer of Christmas puddings and ambient desserts, operating as an audit-exempt subsidiary of the family-controlled Wilkin & Sons (Tiptree) group — a structure that provides balance-sheet strength and export reach that standalone specialists in this seasonal, working-capital-intensive category rarely enjoy. Its compliance record, 38-year trading history and premium provenance position it favourably against typical SME peers, but it remains a sub-scale niche player in a mature category, exposed to retailer concentration, the April 2025 step-change in labour costs and packaging EPR fees, and structurally dependent on a narrow Q4 trading window. The strategic priority for the business is defending premium and gifting share through brand and group cross-selling while sweating off-season capacity in adjacent preserved pastry lines and export channels.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-12-22
- Registered office
- Trewlands Farm, Factory Hill, Tiptree, Essex, England, CO5 0RF
- Postcode
- CO5 0RF
- Capital
- 15,082 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-07-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10710 Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
- 10720 Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes
Officers 5 current · 13 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by WILKIN & SONS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) as part of the WILKIN & SONS LIMITED group statement — 4 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- colespuddings.com
- Phone
- 01462 451049, 01621 815407, 01799 531053
Here at Cole's Puddings, we are a Christmas Pudding Manufacturer who uses only the best ingredients. Luxury puddings are also available to buy online.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| COLES TRADITIONAL FOODS LTD. | 2012-03-16 |
| COLES TRADITIONAL BAKERY LIMITED | 1998-04-30 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| STATION APPROACH,, OFF LONDON ROAD,, GREAT CHESTERFORD,, ESSEX., CB10 1PG | 2010-09-13 |
| TOWN WALL HOUSE,, BALKERNE HILL,, COLCHESTER,, ESSEX. CO3 3AD | 1990-02-12 |
| 84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVE, LONDON, EC4Y 0HP | 1988-02-03 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 24 similar companies in CO, trading since 1987
The class of 1987
51%
of the 20,108 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.