Farmhouse Potato Bakers Limited
Registered name: FARMHOUSE POTATO BAKERS LIMITED
Part of Bannisters Arable Products Limited groupFarmhouse Potato Bakers Limited made £26.4m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Farmhouse Potato Bakers Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £26.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.4m profit and 212 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of potatoes” and is based in Carnaby, Bridlington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carnaby, Bridlington, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.7m | £27.3m | £26.4m |
| Cost of sales | £16.2m | £19m | £17.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £8.3m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | £839k | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £850k | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £696k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £696k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £6.4m | £7.2m | £7.2m |
| Employees (average) | 217 | 223 | 212 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 31.5% | 30.5% | 32.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £109k | £123k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | £5k | £6.5k |
| Cash conversion | −119.7% | −90.3% | −113.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.4% | ▼3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲58.8% | ▲24.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▼4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.7m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £6.8m | £7.4m | £7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £4m | £3.6m |
| Current assets | £8m | £9.3m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£1m | −£1.2m | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −113.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲58%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 212
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £3.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bannisters Arable Products Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Farmhouse Potato Bakers 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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- Profit
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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