{"name":"BRITISH BAKELS LIMITED","company_number":"00430208","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1947-02-25","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Granville Way, Off Launton Road, Bicester, Oxon, OX26 4JT","postcode":"OX26 4JT","sic_codes":[{"code":10890,"description":"Manufacture of other food products not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the manufacturing and supply of food ingredients, primarily to the bakery sector. The customer base consists of industrial bread and confectionary bakeries, wholesalers, artisan bakeries, supermarkets and food service companies.","previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":402,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","profit_loss":-8826086,"net_assets":10922550,"cash":3653971,"average_employees":402},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","profit_loss":325585,"net_assets":19748636,"cash":4331914,"average_employees":427},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","profit_loss":-760598,"net_assets":19423051,"cash":6526011,"average_employees":242},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","net_assets":20183649,"cash":451333},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","turnover":47711067,"net_assets":22587953,"cash":3778369}],"officers":{"current":4,"resigned":13,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":3,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"British Bakels Limited presents a mixed risk profile characterized by strong underlying solvency but tight operational margins. While the company benefits from a robust asset base, significant capital investment, and the financial backing of its global parent group, profitability is severely compressed, and the business faces notable commercial headwinds from the loss of a major retail client and macroeconomic inflation. The transition of revenue streams and the management of parent-company debt will be critical determinants of future financial stability.","website":"https://www.britishbakels.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/british-bakels","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/british-bakels/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/british-bakels/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00430208","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/british-bakels/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/british-bakels/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/british-bakels/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/british-bakels/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/british-bakels"}