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| PROSPECT SWETENHAMS BUSINESS RATIO : CONFECTIONERY MANUFACTURERS UK - JUNE 2004 |
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This Business Ratio report brings you detailed financial profiles, analysis and comparison of the leading 46 limited companies actively trading in this industry sector in Great Britain.
You can use this information in a wide number of ways, including:
- Benchmarking your own company's performance against the industry average or competitors
- Tracking industry or individual company performance trends
- Identifying investment or acquisition targets
- Evaluating the performance of suppliers to your business
- Spotting the "stars" of the industry, and those companies which are struggling to keep up
- Get Companies House information to help formulate a direct maketing plan
- Hone your marketing strategy by understanding the financial performance of competitors
- And much more
COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT
This Business Ratio report analyses, compares and contrasts the most recent financial details covering three or four years for the leading 46 companies in the industry. For comparison purposes, the base year is the most recent year for which the vast majority of companies have filed details. However, if firms have published more recent details, these are also included as a fourth year of accounts.
For each company, a full 3-year financial profile is provided, including details of its performance on 25 key ratios. The volume also ranks companies against each other on these performance factors, and league table rankings are provided for each. With these you can quickly and easily see how companies compare on performance in the base year.
The figures for all companies in the report are aggregated and analysed to bring you industry average profiles. These show clearly just how the upper part of the sector is performing, and indicate towards trends that may influence all players in the industry.
In addition, an industry overview reviews the findings of the report, highlighting major changes and drawing your attention to the best and worst performers.
The following companies are profiled by the report:
| CONFECTIONERY MANUFACTURERS | CONFECTIONERY MANUFACTURERS |
| Ackermans Chocolates Ltd | Lees Group Holdings Ltd |
| Adm Cocoa Hull Ltd | Lofthouse Of Fleetwood Ltd |
| Ashbury Confectionery Ltd | Magna Specialist Confectioners Ltd |
| Barry Callebaut (UK) Ltd | Mars U.K. Ltd |
| Bendicks (Mayfair) Ltd | Maxons Ltd |
| Bon Bon Buddies Ltd | Mccowan's Ltd |
| Britannia Superfine Ltd | Mr Lucky Bags Ltd |
| Cadbury Ltd | Nestle UK Ltd. |
| Cadbury Schweppes PLC | O.P. Chocolate Ltd |
| Charbonnel Et Walker Ltd | Parrs Quality Confectionery Ltd |
| Churchill's Confectionery PLC | Pecan Deluxe Candy (Europe) Ltd |
| Classic Couverture Ltd | Renshaw Scott Ltd |
| Delvaux Ltd | Richmond Corporation Ltd |
| Dunhills (Pontefract) P L C | Robert Walker (Food Merchants) Ltd |
| Elizabeth Shaw Ltd | Sugarfayre Ltd. |
| F.Fravigar Ltd | Sultans Ltd |
| Halo Foods Ltd | Sweet Botanicals Ltd. |
| House Of York Ltd | Swizzels Matlow Ltd |
| James Fleming & Co. Ltd | Thorntons PLC |
| John Millar & Sons (1844) Ltd | Tilleys Sweets Ltd |
| Kinnerton Group Ltd | Toms Confectionery Ltd |
| Kraft Foods UK Ltd. | Trebor Bassett Ltd |
| Leaf UK Ltd | Wrigley Co. Ltd (The) |
- Company Selection
- 1.1 Industry Definition
- 1.2 Company Selection
- 1.3 Changes of Name
- 1.4 New additions to the report
- 1.5 Treatment of Holding Companies & Subsidiaries
- 1.6 Large Changes in Accounts
- 1.7 Exceptionally Large Companies
- Industry Overview
- An expert review of the conclusions that can be drawn from the report, putting business developments into the context of recent industry developments and focusing on the performance of the industry as a whole and the leading players in it.
- Company Profiles
- Company data is presented alphabetically, with each company having a detailed profile over two pages showing address, activities, directors, subsidiaries and other company details plus Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Ratio Analysis and comparative performance.
- Performance League Tables
- These list companies in order of their performance compared to each other on key performance factors:
- SIZE
- Sales
- Pre-tax profit
- Total Assets
- Number of Employees
- PROFITABILITY
- Return on Capital
- Return on Net Assets
- Pre-tax Profit Margin
- Return on Investment
- Profit per £ of Pay
- EFFICIENCY
- Asset Utilisation
- Sales / Fixed Assets
- Stocks / Sales
- Debtor Days Outstanding
- LIQUIDITY
- Current Ratio
- Quick Ratio (Acid Test)
- GEARING
- Total Debt / Net Worth
- Equity Gearing
- Income Gearing (Interest Cover)
- EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE
- Pay per Employee
- Sales per Employee
- Capital Employed per Employee
- Pay / Sales
- OTHER
- Exports / Sales
- GROWTH
- Sales growth
- Pre-tax Profit Growth
- Total Assets Growth
- Number of Employees Growth
- Exports Growth
- Industrial Profile
- This provides a Balance Sheet and a quick Profit and Loss account for the industry as a whole. Where the industry has been subdivided into 'subsectors', a profile for each of these is given, as well as a profile for the industry as a whole.
- Analysis Notes
- Definitions
- Company Index
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Business Ratio report focuses on the leading 46 companies operating as confectionery manufacturers. This summary brings you a sample of key details from this invaluable report. The report itself includes many further analyses of the performance of individual companies and the industry as a whole. The report analyses company and industry performance over the three years up to 7th June 2003. During this period, the average Report company witnessed an overall deterioration in sales of 17 percent. Sales of £43.6 million were generated in 2000/01, which declined to £32 million in 2001/02, then proceeding to recover slightly to £36.2 million in 2002/03. Pre-tax profits improved over the three year period however, increasing by 21.2 percent from £6.5 million in 2000/01 to £7.9 million in 2002/03, despite a deterioration in the middle year of analysis.
Profitability
Employee Performance
Top Ten Companies by Turnover
| Profit Margin | Asset Utilisation | Total Debt/Net Worth | Sales | ||||||||
| Company Name and | (%) | (%) | Growth | ||||||||
| Third Year Sales £ million | 02/03 | 01/02 | 00/01 | 02/03 | 01/02 | 00/01 | 02/03 | 01/02 | 00/01 | % | |
| Report Averages | 21.9 | 18.2 | 15 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 1.12 | 28.9 | 34.3 | 43.7 | -9 | |
| Cadbury Schweppes PLC | 5298 | 15.7 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.7 | ^ | ^ | ^ | 8 |
| Mars UK | 1900.6 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 2.26 | 2.65 | 2.56 | 9.8 | 22.9 | 83.8 | 1 |
| Nestle UK | 1580 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 1.68 | 1.85 | 1.7 | ^ | ^ | ^ | -2 |
| Kraft Foods UK | 708.3 | 18 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 1.49 | 1.43 | 1.37 | 46.9 | 259.3 | 154.3 | 2 |
| Wrigley Co. (The) | 233.2 | 48.7 | 28.8 | 29.3 | 1.75 | 1.74 | 1.55 | 52.7 | 15.3 | 5 | 8 |
| Thorntons PLC | 163.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 1.29 | 1.16 | 94.8 | 119.5 | 111 | 3 |
| Barry Callebaut (UK) | 106.1 | 2 | -1.2 | -0.2 | 2.12 | 2 | 2.18 | 133.1 | 164 | 147.6 | -3 |
| ADM Cocoa Hull | 98.4 | 1.1 | 4 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 1.31 | 0.71 | 404.2 | 269.9 | 627.7 | 29 |
| Dunhills (Pontefract) PLC | 60.3 | 16.9 | 16.6 | 20.5 | 0.98 | 1.01 | 1.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Renshaw Scott | 58.8 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 0.71 | 0.54 | 0.4 | 112.4 | 551.5 | 1697.9 | 16 |
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