Warrens Bakery Limited
Registered name: WARRENS BAKERY LIMITED
Part of Provenance Brands Limited groupWarrens Bakery Limited made £14.5m revenue and a £409k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Warrens Bakery Limited’s revenue was £14.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £409k and 253 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of food in specialised stores” and is based in Helston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Helston, South West
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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: “Provenance Brands Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.5m | £13.7m | £14.6m | £14.5m |
| Cost of sales | £4.7m | £5.6m | £5.9m | £5.7m |
| Gross profit | £7.8m | £8.2m | £8.7m | £8.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £536k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £329k | −£11k | −£575k |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £459k | £190k | −£409k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £459k | £190k | −£409k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.7m | £4.2m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 236 | 251 | 257 | 253 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 21.9% | 3.4% | 1.3% | −2.8% |
| Gross margin | 62.1% | 59.5% | 59.6% | 60.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £53k | £54.6k | £56.7k | £57.4k |
| Profit per employee | £11.6k | £1.8k | £740 | −£1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▲6.3% | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼83.3% | ▼58.6% | ▼315.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▲2.4% | ▼1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £362k | £408k | £198k | £203k |
| Net assets | −£1.5m | −£1.1m | −£872k | −£1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £916k | £1.2m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £51.3k | £117k | £47k | £12.1k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £57.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now −£1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £203k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 253
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £2.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Provenance Brands Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Warrens Bakery Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- Warrens Bakery Franchise LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Warrens Bakery Travel (Basingstoke) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Warrens Bakery Travel (Bath Spa) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Warrens Bakery Travel (Cardiff) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Warrens Bakery Travel (Liverpool Street) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Warrens Bakery Travel (Slough ) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Cornish Sea Salt Company LimitedRev. — · Profit £473k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£409k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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