Who owns The English Cheesecake Company?
The English Cheesecake Company is owned by Emmi (Switzerland, SIX: EMMN), which has owned the brand since 25 November 2025.[1]
Emmi owns 99% of The English Cheesecake Company rather than all of it.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Emmi Annual Report 2025 — group companies, Emmi AG. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Emmi AG (99% stake) reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Lucerne
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Food › Bakery › Cakes
- Parent ticker
- SIX: EMMN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About The English Cheesecake Company
The English Cheesecake Company makes premium cheesecakes that Emmi describes as a popular brand in British retail. Emmi acquired it on 25 November 2025 through its desserts business, holding 99 per cent indirectly, to strengthen a dessert portfolio that already included Mademoiselle Desserts in France and Emmi Dessert Italia's tiramisu.
Ownership timeline of The English Cheesecake Company
Where The English Cheesecake Company sits in Emmi
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Emmi
Emmi controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in cakes, and who owns them
The 51 brands in cakes on Brandtree belong to 35 owners. The largest is Edita, with 5; Emmi has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| HoHos (Middle East and North Africa) | Edita | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Lotus | Lotus Bakeries | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Crossini | Rebisco | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Balconi | Valeo Foods | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Eti Browni | Eti | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| Entenmann's | Grupo Bimbo | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Hostess | J.M. Smucker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dankek | Ülker Bisküvi | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
About the owner: Emmi
Emmi is a publicly listed company headquartered in Lucerne, Switzerland, founded in 1907. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: EMMN.
Emmi is the largest milk processor in Switzerland, tracing its origins to 1907, when 62 dairy cooperatives founded the Central Swiss Milk Association in Lucerne; Emmi AG itself was created in 1993 and listed on the Swiss exchange in 2004. It reported net sales of CHF 4,745.7 million in 2025, and ZMP Invest AG, representing dairy farmers, holds 53.4 per cent of the voting rights. Beyond Swiss cheese and milk drinks it owns US specialty cheese makers, a majority of the Spanish dairy Kaiku, and a growing desserts business built on the 2024 purchase of Mademoiselle Desserts.
🇬🇧 The English Cheesecake Company and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 571 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 297 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, The English Cheesecake Company among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of The English Cheesecake Company?
The parent company of The English Cheesecake Company is Emmi, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is The English Cheesecake Company British or Swiss?
The English Cheesecake Company originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by Emmi, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So The English Cheesecake Company is a British-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Since when has Emmi owned The English Cheesecake Company?
Emmi has owned The English Cheesecake Company since 25 November 2025.
Is The English Cheesecake Company still owned by Emmi?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, The English Cheesecake Company is still owned by Emmi (99% stake). The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Emmi Annual Report 2025 — group companies — Emmi AG, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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