CLAYTON PARK BAKERY LIMITED
Company number 04017274 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Clayton Park Bakery Limited presents a mixed diagnosis: revenue is growing strongly, but the business is suffering from severe cash depletion and shrinking margins due to aggressive dividend extraction and macroeconomic pressures. The £5 million dividend payout to its parent company has left the patient financially anemic, reducing equity by 38% and cash by 69%. While currently viable, the company must prioritize rebuilding its cash reserves and improving operating margins to ensure long-term resilience against competitive and economic shocks.
Shareholders' funds
£6,491,694
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-24
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a wholesale bakery.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2000-06-19
- Employees
- 224 (2025 accounts · was 230 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Spar Distribution Centre, Bowland View, Preston, United Kingdom, PR2 5QT
- Postcode
- PR2 5QT
- Capital
- 2,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-24
- Next due by
- 2026-12-24
- Financial year end
- 24 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-19
- Next due by
- 2027-07-03
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10890 Manufacture of other food products not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 7 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by JAMES HALL AND COMPANY LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2026-03-24) as part of the JAMES HALL AND COMPANY LIMITED group statement — 7 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GROUND FLOOR, 36 YORK STREET, CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE, BB7 2DL | 2011-02-02 |
| MCCABE & CO OFFICE A05 TOWNGATE, WORKS, DARK LANE, MAWDESLEY, ORMSKIRK, LANCASHIRE L40 2QU | 2007-03-09 |
| MILLFIELDS HOUSE, MILLFIELDS ROAD, ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WEST MIDLANDS WV4 6JE | 2000-09-21 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 22 similar companies in PR
The largest employer among its local peers (224 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 2000.
Competitors Preston
This company ranks 1 among manufacture of other food products not elsewhere classified in Preston.
The class of 2000
41%
of the 75,534 companies incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2005-08-16
- Where
- Lancashire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN17014 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2005-08-16 | — |
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