T.h.baker & Co.(Established 1888)Limited
Registered name: T.H.BAKER & CO.(ESTABLISHED 1888)LIMITED
Part of T H Baker Global Incorporated Ltd groupT.h.baker & Co.(Established 1888)Limited made £27.9m revenue and £123k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
T.h.baker & Co.(Established 1888)Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £27.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £123k profit and 142 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores” and is based in Halesowen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halesowen, West Midlands
- Age
- 74 yrs · since 1952
- 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 parent company of T.H.Baker & Co.(Established 1888)Limited is TH Baker Group Limited and its registered office address is Churchfield House, 36 Vicar Street, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 8RG.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.7m | £22.2m | £24.9m | £27.9m |
| Cost of sales | £16.1m | £13.1m | £13.9m | £16.4m |
| Gross profit | £11.6m | £9.1m | £11m | £11.5m |
| Operating profit | £634k | £168k | £173k | £105k |
| Profit before tax | £634k | £168k | £173k | £105k |
| Profit after tax | £462k | £168k | £240k | £123k |
| Profit (best available) | £462k | £168k | £240k | £123k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 154 | 132 | 134 | 142 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 0.8% | 1% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 41.9% | 41.2% | 44.3% | 41.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £180k | £168k | £186k | £197k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | £1.3k | £1.8k | £870 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20% | ▲12.1% | ▲12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼63.7% | ▲43.1% | ▼48.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.3% | ▲1.5% | ▲6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £512k | £280k | £316k | £287k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £913k | £1.3m | £1.1m | £751k |
| Current assets | £15.2m | £14.5m | £14.1m | £15.4m |
| Debtors | £802k | £755k | £0 | £112k |
| Deferred income | £918k | £388k | £522k | £498k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £197k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £870
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £287k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 142
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £498k
- Fixed assets
- ▼31%
- Now £751k
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
- T H Baker Global Incorporated Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- T.h.baker & Co.(Established 1888)Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- West Midland Merchants LimitedRev. £14.3m · Profit −£68.6k
- T H Baker Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£309
- Creedpoint LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hobbies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kheper LimitedFigures not disclosed
- T. H. Baker Goldsmiths LimitedFigures not disclosed
- T. H. Baker Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.3k
- T. H. Baker LimitedFigures not disclosed
- T.H. Baker (Management Services) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £123k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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