H.E.HINITT AND CO.LIMITED
Company number 00491123 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
H.E. HinitT & Co. Limited presents an unusually strong financial profile for a small regional bakery manufacturer, with net assets of £872k, minimal liabilities, and a 73-year trading history that speaks to enduring competitive resilience. The company's balance sheet structure, however, reveals a strategic shift toward investment assets (£434k) that now exceed the operational asset base, suggesting capital is being deployed outside the core bakery business at an increasing rate. While the financial fortress position provides significant protection against sectoral headwinds, the declining cash position and growing investment portfolio raise questions about the long-term commitment to, and reinvestment in, the bakery manufacturing operation itself.
Shareholders' funds
£872,279
Balance sheet as at 2026-04-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1951-02-01
- Employees
- 31 (2026 accounts · was 29 in 2025)
- Registered office
- 82 Station Rd, Ackworth, Nr Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 7LY
- Postcode
- WF7 7LY
- Capital
- 1,153 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-04-30
- Next due by
- 2028-01-31
- Financial year end
- 30 April
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-01-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10710 Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Officers 2 current · 1 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA689980 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
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Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 13 similar companies in WF
3rd largest employer among its local peers (31 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1951.
Competitors Wakefield
This company ranks 1 among manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes in Wakefield.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2001-12-03
- Where
- West Yorkshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WYK705161 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2001-12-03 | — |
| WYK425000 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 1994-06-09 | — |
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