GP & J Baker Limited
Registered name: GP & J BAKER LIMITED
GP & J Baker Limited made £20.4m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
GP & J Baker Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £20.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Dorset; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dorset, South West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18m | £18.2m | £19.3m | £20.4m |
| Cost of sales | £9.8m | £9.5m | £10m | £10.4m |
| Gross profit | £8.3m | £8.7m | £9.3m | £10m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.3m | £919k | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £962k | £861k | £1m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £962k | £861k | £1m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £3.8m | £4.1m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 67 | 67 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 4.7% | 5.2% | 7.7% |
| Gross margin | 45.7% | 47.8% | 48.1% | 49% |
| Revenue per employee | £258k | £271k | £289k | £304k |
| Profit per employee | £13.7k | £12.8k | £15k | £23.4k |
| Cash conversion | −16.2% | 1.3% | −39.7% | 409.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.6% | ▲6.6% | ▲5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼10.5% | ▲16.5% | ▲56.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £857k | £856k | £784k | £703k |
| Net assets | £8.5m | £9.4m | £10.4m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £126k | £110k | £174k | £307k |
| Current assets | £12.1m | £13.2m | £14.3m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £993k | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £579k | £635k | £647k | £883k |
| Cash from operations | −£200k | £16.7k | −£365k | £7.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £304k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 409.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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
- ▼61%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £703k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- ▲36%
- Now £883k
- Fixed assets
- ▲77%
- Now £307k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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