Sugar confectionery
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
810
Active companies
536
Formed in latest 12 months
76
Median active-company age
5.8 years
Revenue known
21
Importers
64
Exporters
53
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 810 |
| Active companies | 536 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 76 |
| Importers | 64 |
| Exporters | 53 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 21 known, 515 unknown (3.9%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 8 | 7 |
| 2025-12 | 1 | 11 |
| 2026-01 | 7 | 9 |
| 2026-02 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 8 | 6 |
| 2026-04 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026-05 | 8 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026-07 | 9 | 12 |
| 2026-08 | 3 | 10 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
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 |
|---|---|
| Active | 469 |
| Dissolved | 260 |
| Dormant | 67 |
| Liquidation | 13 |
| In Administration | 1 |
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 - East | 35 |
| Inner London - West | 34 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 33 |
| Greater Manchester | 29 |
| Lancashire | 27 |
| West Midlands | 25 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 16 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 16 |
| Devon | 15 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 15 |
Geography coverage: 524 known, 12 unknown (97.8%).
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 | 285 |
| 1m-15m | 53 |
| 15m-54m | 2 |
| 54m+ | 10 |
Revenue-range coverage: 350 known, 186 unknown (65.3%).
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 | 184 |
| Small | 140 |
| Medium | 3 |
| Large | 12 |
| Holding | 2 |
| Dormant | 67 |
Company-size coverage: 408 known, 128 unknown (76.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 90 |
| 1–9 | 186 |
| 10–49 | 39 |
| 50–249 | 9 |
| 250+ | 2 |
Employee coverage: 326 known, 210 unknown (60.8%).
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 | 74 |
| 1–3 years | 110 |
| 3–5 years | 59 |
| 5–10 years | 137 |
| 10–20 years | 96 |
| 20+ years | 60 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 536 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 |
|---|---|
| 10822 | 536 |
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 | 22 |
| Exporter only | 11 |
| Both | 42 |
| Neither | 461 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 32 | £7,616,585,331 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 30 | £894,542,105 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 17 — Sugars and Sweets | 27 | £592,454,395 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 18 — Cocoa and cocoa products | 27 | £1,472,226,636 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 26 | £2,964,116,082 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 21 | £1,053,404,608 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 20 | £1,408,040,505 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 19 — Cereal and milk-based food products | 18 | £1,112,312,599 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 14 | £5,695,532,785 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 20 — Prepared or preserved plant-based foods | 13 | £178,337,998 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 — Cocoa and cocoa products | 35 | £582,761,698 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 17 — Sugars and Sweets | 33 | £174,053,834 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 21 | £1,014,566,733 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 19 — Cereal and milk-based food products | 18 | £509,915,059 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 20 — Prepared or preserved plant-based foods | 16 | £33,967,428 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 15 | £552,984,775 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 13 | £143,399,491 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 11 | £874,511,309 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 11 | £1,520,524,597 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 9 | £132,250,364 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-03-01 |
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 | 63 | 469 | 67 | 87.5% |
| Holding company | 1 | 469 | 67 | 87.5% |
| Solo founder | 258 | 469 | 67 | 87.5% |
| Ecommerce | 22 | 53 | 483 | 9.9% |
| Website | 61 | 63 | 473 | 11.8% |
| 52 | 63 | 473 | 11.8% |
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 |
|---|---|
| O.p. Chocolate Limited | £90,016,000 |
| Lofthouse Of Fleetwood Limited | £79,151,665 |
| Jakemans (confectioners) Limited | £21,532,177 |
| Shepcote Distributors Limited | £16,558,327 |
| Walker's Nonsuch Limited | £14,971,694 |
| Ingram Brothers Ltd | £12,357,292 |
| Lakrids By Bülow Limited | £1,933,028 |
| Bluebridges Sugar Confectionery Ltd | £998,792 |
| The Leatherbarrow Corporation Ltd | £978,600 |
| Dark Sugars Ltd | £773,148 |
Revenue coverage: 21 known, 515 unknown (3.9%).
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) | 6,985 |
| Bread, pastry, cakes | 5,736 |
| Coffee and coffee substitutes | 1,867 |
| Prepared meals and dishes | 1,329 |
| Processed meat & poultry | 1,066 |
| Condiments and seasonings | 1,056 |
| Buscuits, rusks, crackers and similar | 949 |
| Chocolate and cocoa | 948 |
| Fruits & vegetable products | 931 |
| Ice cream | 823 |
| Raw meats | 773 |
| Homogenized food, dietetic food | 688 |
| Juices | 668 |
| Fish & sea products | 477 |
| Tea | 467 |
| Breakfast cereals and similar | 352 |
| Butter & cheese | 314 |
| Oils (vegetable, animal and fish) & fats | 305 |
| Yoghurts, dry milk, other milk products | 290 |
| Raw poultry | 268 |
| Other | 688 |
SIC classification
SIC 10822 — Manufacture of sugar confectionery
Includes
manufacture of sugar confectionery: caramels, cachous, nougats, fondant, white chocolate, manufacture of chewing gum, preserving in sugar of fruit, nuts, fruit peels and other parts of plants, manufacture of confectionery lozenges and pastilles
Excludes
manufacture of sucrose sugar, see ##10.81