Nomnom's Chocolate Farm Projects goes into liquidation

The company's Pemberton site is closed

A chocolate company which was started in a caravan with a £4,000 Prince's Trust loan has gone into liquidation, according to an insolvency firm.

Carmarthenshire-based Chocolate Farm Projects Ltd, which trades as Nomnom Chocolate, appointed Booth Insolvency as its liquidator.

Founder Liam Burgess, 26, started the company in 2014.

Mr Burgess said the Nomnom brand was "unaffected" by the liquidation of Chocolate Farm Projects Ltd.

The company expanded, moving into a former dairy farm outside Llanboidy near St Clears, in 2016.

Mr Burgess said the limited company was behind the move to reopen the former Pemberton's Chocolate Factory in 2017, but "unfortunately" they were unable to raise the funds required in time.

"The brand and the chocolate is unaffected and continues to be sold around the world online and throughout the country in hundreds of small independent retailers," he added.

"We are very much alive and kicking, although very sad that our dream of re-opening the old Pemberton's factory has come to an end.

"I'm hoping to find a new venue very soon to continue on our mission to make the most delicious chocolate in the world."

The company took over the site in 2017

He was described as Wales' answer to Willy Wonka when he featured in a mini-documentary by Munchies making a Welsh cake-infused chocolate bar.

A notice about the company's liquidation has been placed in the London Gazette.

The Welsh Government said it had supported Nomnom through Jobs Growth Wales and apprenticeships between 2014 and 2016.

The company had "fulfilled all commitments to staff and contractual obligations" associated with the investment, a spokeswoman added.

Nomnom offered a variety of flavoured chocolate bars