HOTEL CHOCOLAT LIMITED
Company number 02805730 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Hotel Chocolat Limited operates as the core UK trading subsidiary of the Hotel Chocolat Group, occupying a leading position in the premium chocolate manufacturing and retail segment under SIC 10821. Its strengths in ethical sourcing, vertical integration, and omnichannel gifting are supported by Mars’ ownership, but it remains exposed to cocoa price volatility, seasonal concentration, and UK affordability pressures. Available Companies House data are limited by its audit-exemption status, so performance assessment is based on sector context, ownership structure, and the company’s strategic repositioning since its Chocexpress heritage.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-04-01
- Registered office
- Mint House, Newark Close, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5HL
- Postcode
- SG8 5HL
- Capital
- 104,219 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-27
- Next due by
- 2027-09-28
- Financial year end
- 28 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-04-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10821 Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery
Officers 5 current · 17 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by HOTEL CHOCOLAT GROUP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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HOTEL CHOCOLAT CORPORATE LTD Dissolved
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RABOT 1745 LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z8740078 (Tier 3), registered since 2004.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
12.4%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- hotelchocolat.org.uk
Welcome to Hotel Chocolat. Discover luxury chocolate gifts, hampers and chocolate boxes for every occasion, crafted with ethically sourced cacao and delivered with care.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CHOCEXPRESS LIMITED | 2003-05-09 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 132 similar companies in SG — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1993
The class of 1993
48%
of the 25,072 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 6 titles
- Freehold
- 4
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2025-08-01
- Where
- Cambridgeshire (5), Bath And North East Somerset (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB496423 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2025-08-01 | — |
| CB466274 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2021-12-22 | — |
| CB443328 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2019-05-31 | — |
| ST307022 | Bath And North East Somerset | Leasehold | 2013-07-11 | — |
| CB200167 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2007-10-18 | — |
| CB286765 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2004-08-23 | — |
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