{"name":"COLE'S PUDDINGS LTD.","company_number":"02207321","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1987-12-22","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Trewlands Farm, Factory Hill, Tiptree, Essex, England, CO5 0RF","postcode":"CO5 0RF","sic_codes":[{"code":10710,"description":"Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes"},{"code":10720,"description":"Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"COLES TRADITIONAL FOODS LTD.","changed_on":"2012-03-16"},{"name":"COLES TRADITIONAL BAKERY LIMITED","changed_on":"1998-04-30"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Audit Exemption Subsidiary","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":null,"financials":[],"officers":{"current":5,"resigned":13,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":5,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"https://www.colespuddings.com/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/coles-puddings-1","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/coles-puddings-1/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/coles-puddings-1/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02207321","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/coles-puddings-1/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/coles-puddings-1/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/coles-puddings-1/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/coles-puddings-1"}