Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd
Registered name: BETTYS & TAYLORS GROUP LTD
Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd made £326m revenue and £21.3m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Bettys & Taylors Group Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £326m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £21.3m profit and 1,613 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 74 yrs · since 1951
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £296m | £319m | £326m |
| Operating profit | £12.4m | £29.2m | £27.7m |
| Profit before tax | £12.9m | £28.8m | £29m |
| Profit after tax | £9.6m | £20.8m | £21.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.6m | £20.8m | £21.3m |
| Employees (average) | 1,548 | 1,568 | 1,613 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 6.5% | 6.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £191k | £204k | £202k |
| Profit per employee | £6.2k | £13.3k | £13.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▲2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲115.9% | ▲2.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▲2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £202k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 1,613
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (11)
- Betty's Bakery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate LtdFigures not disclosed
- Bettys of Harrogate LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bettys of York LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kings Master Bakers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Prospect Foods (York) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Taylors of Harrogate LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Taylors of York LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Taylors Tea & Coffee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The D:caff Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yorkshire Tea Blenders LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £21.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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