J N Baker Limited
Registered name: J N BAKER LIMITED
Part of Bakers Coaches Limited groupJ N Baker Limited made £15.3m revenue and £513k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
J N Baker Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £15.3m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £513k profit and 156 employees. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport” and is based in Weston-Super-Mare; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Weston-Super-Mare, South West
- Age
- 81 yrs · since 1945
- 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: “Bakers Coaches Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £15.3m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £11.7m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £3.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £786k |
| Profit after tax | £791k | £513k |
| Profit (best available) | £791k | £513k |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 153 | 156 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 27.5% | 23.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £94.8k | £98k |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | £3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼35.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £3m |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5.9m | £7.9m |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £571k | £499k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £98k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 51.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼15%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 156
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲34%
- Now £7.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bakers Coaches Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- J N Baker Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £513k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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