{"name":"HOTEL CHOCOLAT LIMITED","company_number":"02805730","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1993-04-01","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Mint House, Newark Close, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5HL","postcode":"SG8 5HL","sic_codes":[{"code":10821,"description":"Manufacture of cocoa and chocolate confectionery"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"CHOCEXPRESS LIMITED","changed_on":"2003-05-09"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Audit Exemption Subsidiary","year_end":"28 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-27","next_due":"2027-09-28"},"employees":null,"financials":[],"officers":{"current":5,"resigned":17,"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":4},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"https://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/hotel-chocolat","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hotel-chocolat/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hotel-chocolat/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02805730","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hotel-chocolat/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hotel-chocolat/charges","pay_gap":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hotel-chocolat/pay-gap","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hotel-chocolat/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/hotel-chocolat"}