 Net income in its annual report of 2016 was reported at a loss of - £30.8 million with a drop in staff and number of shops across the UK.When Cadburys became part of a non-specific confectionery group, Thorntons became the largest confectionery-only parent corporation in the United Kingdom; while it retains a minority of sales of its established toffee and fudge, the group shifted its specialism, after post-war rationing ended, into chocolate and developed wide Continental, Swiss and Belgian chocolate ranges which (alongside novelties and decoration) form the bulk its sales.It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE Fledgling Index.