Coughlans Bakeries Limited
Registered name: COUGHLANS BAKERIES LIMITED
Part of Smitham Lodge Estates Limited groupCoughlans Bakeries Limited made £6.8m revenue and a £98.8k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Coughlans Bakeries Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £6.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £98.8k and 176 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Brighton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 89 yrs · since 1937
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company's immediate and ultimate parent is Smitham Lodge Estates Limited, by virtue of its sixty percent shareholding in the company. The company's results are included in the consolidated account”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £6.2m | £6.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.1m | £4.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£191k | −£60.6k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£230k | −£94.1k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£230k | −£98.8k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£230k | −£98.8k |
| Employees (average) | 160 | 163 | 165 | 176 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −3.7% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 33.4% | 35.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £37.6k | £38.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£1.4k | −£561 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲1.2% | ▲6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £766k | £134k | £265k | £291k |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £3.1m | £203k | £304k |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £3.9m | £608k | £505k |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £581k | £736k | £869k |
| Debtors | £10.1k | £8.4k | £10.7k | £3.7k |
| Deferred income | £68.5k | £43.2k | £32.7k | £72.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £38.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£561
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲50%
- Now £304k
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £291k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 176
- Deferred income
- ▲121%
- Now £72.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £505k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Smitham Lodge Estates Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Coughlans Bakeries Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Munch @ Coughlans LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Vetty Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£98.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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