R.T. STUART LIMITED
Company number SC021805 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
R.T. Stuart Limited is a heritage Scottish bakery manufacturer with strong gross margins and proven procurement capabilities, currently navigating the tension between shareholder returns and necessary capital investment. The company's immediate priority should be executing the mezzanine expansion to unlock capacity while establishing a clear roadmap and financial triggers for the deferred full bakery extension. Operating margin recovery and strategic balance sheet management will determine whether this 80-year-old business can sustain its competitive position against better-capitalized competitors in an increasingly volatile cost environment.
Shareholders' funds
£673,072
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1941-07-23
- Employees
- 156 (2026 accounts · was 161 in 2025)
- Registered office
- Dubbieside Bakery, Harbour View, Methil, Fife, Scotland, KY8 3RW
- Postcode
- KY8 3RW
- Capital
- 3,350 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-23
- Next due by
- 2027-06-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10710 Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Officers 10 current · 9 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by R T STUART HOLDINGS LTD — since 2024-05-31
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA078040 (Tier 1), registered since 2014.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 19 RANDOLPH STREET, BUCKHAVEN, FIFE, KY8 1AT | 2004-11-02 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 8 similar companies in KY
The largest employer among its local peers (156 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1941.
Competitors Dunfermline
This company ranks 2 among manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes in Dunfermline.