BAILEY'S WHOLESALE FRUIT DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
Company number 04208530 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Bailey's Wholesale Fruit Distributors has built commendable long-term value, growing net assets over 7x in eight years through disciplined self-funded expansion in a challenging sector. However, the significant deterioration in working capital (down 44% year-on-year) alongside elevated leverage demands immediate strategic attention: the company must prioritise liquidity stabilization—through working capital optimisation, selective price adjustments, or creditor renegotiation—before pursuing growth ambitions. The path forward requires balancing the defensive imperative of financial resilience with the offensive opportunity to capture foodservice recovery and value-added market segments, ensuring this 23-year-old business doesn't become overextended at precisely the moment its market position could be most advantageously leveraged.
Shareholders' funds
£324,647
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-04-30
- Employees
- 10 (2025 accounts · was 14 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 11-13, St James's Market Essex Street, Bradford, England, BD4 7PN
- Postcode
- BD4 7PN
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-26
- Next due by
- 2027-08-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46310 Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Officers 2 current · 7 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB000130 (Tier 1), registered since 2021.
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Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 11-13 ST JAMES WHOLESALE FRUIT, MARKET, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE | 2019-11-11 |
| 12 YORK PLACE, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE LS1 2DS | 2001-07-17 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 32 similar companies in BD
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (10 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2001.
No.4 of the largest wholesale of fruit and vegetables companies in Bradford →
Competitors Bradford
This company ranks 4 among wholesale of fruit and vegetables in Bradford.
The class of 2001
40%
of the 80,159 companies incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 57% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2023-10-09
- Price paid, where recorded
- £47,000
- Where
- West Yorkshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WYK143389 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2023-10-09 | £47,000 |
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