Baked Earth Bakery Limited
Registered name: BAKED EARTH BAKERY LIMITED
Baked Earth Bakery Limited made £13m revenue and £375k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Baked Earth Bakery Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £13m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £375k profit and 146 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.8m | £11.9m | £13m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.8m | £8.8m | £10.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £3m | £3m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.5m | £1m | £444k |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.4m | £930k | £321k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.1m | £697k | £375k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.1m | £697k | £375k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.6m | £3.2m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 124 | 127 | 144 | 146 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 10% | 5.9% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 28.1% | 25.6% | 19.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £85.4k | £82.3k | £89.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | £8.5k | £4.8k | £2.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −92.9% | −79.6% | −239.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲9.3% | ▲9.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼35.8% | ▼46.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▲13.4% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £132k | £315k | £106k | £114k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £884k | £973k | £1m | £2m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3.6m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.8m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | — | £262k | £157k | £273k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.4m | −£796k | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −239.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £114k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 146
- Deferred income
- ▲74%
- Now £273k
- Fixed assets
- ▲87%
- Now £2m
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 £375k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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