Breakfast cereals and similar
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
714
Active companies
348
Formed in latest 12 months
61
Median active-company age
3.5 years
Revenue known
10
Importers
42
Exporters
38
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 714 |
| Active companies | 348 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 61 |
| Importers | 42 |
| Exporters | 38 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 10 known, 338 unknown (2.9%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 8 | 9 |
| 2026-01 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 8 | 10 |
| 2026-03 | 3 | 15 |
| 2026-04 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026-07 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026-08 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 5 | 3 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 356 |
| Active | 296 |
| Dormant | 52 |
| Liquidation | 10 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 44 |
| Inner London - East | 30 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 20 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 18 |
| Greater Manchester | 17 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 14 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 13 |
| Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | 11 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 11 |
Geography coverage: 347 known, 1 unknown (99.7%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 141 |
| 1m-15m | 30 |
| 15m-54m | 4 |
| 54m+ | 7 |
Revenue-range coverage: 182 known, 166 unknown (52.3%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 86 |
| Small | 79 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 10 |
| Holding | 1 |
| Dormant | 52 |
Company-size coverage: 230 known, 118 unknown (66.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 56 |
| 1–9 | 91 |
| 10–49 | 16 |
| 50–249 | 4 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 168 known, 180 unknown (48.3%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 61 |
| 1–3 years | 96 |
| 3–5 years | 47 |
| 5–10 years | 82 |
| 10–20 years | 43 |
| 20+ years | 19 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 348 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| 10612 | 348 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 13 |
| Exporter only | 9 |
| Both | 29 |
| Neither | 297 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 — Cereal and milk-based food products | 21 | £1,117,014,906 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 18 | £1,097,982,152 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 17 | £4,437,694,132 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 20 — Prepared or preserved plant-based foods | 16 | £137,252,306 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 16 | £2,028,167,255 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 18 — Cocoa and cocoa products | 13 | £272,149,948 | 2016-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 11 — Milling Products | 12 | £37,956,258 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 12 | £300,913,629 | 2018-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 08 — Edible Fruits and Nuts | 10 | £202,344,044 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 12 — Oil seeds and fruits used for oil | 9 | £102,711,274 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 — Cereal and milk-based food products | 27 | £848,003,731 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 18 | £801,812,097 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 20 — Prepared or preserved plant-based foods | 15 | £52,352,446 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 11 — Milling Products | 13 | £51,453,188 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 13 | £625,540,501 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 18 — Cocoa and cocoa products | 11 | £137,262,503 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 9 | £190,593,077 | 2017-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 10 — Cereals | 7 | £17,781,803 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 22 — Drinks, Alcohol, and Vinegar | 7 | £133,463,021 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 08 — Edible Fruits and Nuts | 6 | £7,478,268 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-02-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 34 | 299 | 49 | 85.9% |
| Holding company | 0 | 299 | 49 | 85.9% |
| Solo founder | 166 | 299 | 49 | 85.9% |
| Ecommerce | 13 | 34 | 314 | 9.8% |
| Website | 43 | 44 | 304 | 12.6% |
| 28 | 44 | 304 | 12.6% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Morning Foodslimited | £284,052,867 |
| Buckley Foods Limited | £39,700,098 |
| Kestrel Foods Limited | £35,458,611 |
| Lacka Foods Limited | £30,922,080 |
| March Foods Limited | £12,245,821 |
| The Brecks Company Limited | £10,538,290 |
| Leclerc Foods Uk Limited | £6,849,208 |
| William 10 Ltd | £3,212,634 |
| Pure Forest Energy Limited | £1,320,422 |
| Yang's Steamed Buns Ltd | £25,892 |
Revenue coverage: 10 known, 338 unknown (2.9%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other (not elswhere classified) | 7,029 |
| Bread, pastry, cakes | 5,760 |
| Coffee and coffee substitutes | 1,869 |
| Prepared meals and dishes | 1,347 |
| Condiments and seasonings | 1,066 |
| Processed meat & poultry | 1,065 |
| Buscuits, rusks, crackers and similar | 962 |
| Chocolate and cocoa | 947 |
| Fruits & vegetable products | 934 |
| Ice cream | 826 |
| Raw meats | 772 |
| Homogenized food, dietetic food | 676 |
| Juices | 666 |
| Sugar confectionery | 543 |
| Fish & sea products | 477 |
| Tea | 468 |
| Butter & cheese | 314 |
| Oils (vegetable, animal and fish) & fats | 303 |
| Yoghurts, dry milk, other milk products | 297 |
| Raw poultry | 273 |
| Other | 684 |
SIC classification
SIC 10612 — Manufacture of breakfast cereals and cereals-based food
Includes
manufacture of cereal breakfast foods, rice milling: roduction of husked, milled, polished, glazed, parboiled or converted rice; production of rice flour, vegetable milling: production of flour or meal of dried leguminous vegetables, of roots or tubers, or of edible nuts
Excludes
manufacture of potato flour and meal, see ##10.31