Henllan Bread (UK) Limited
Registered name: HENLLAN BREAD (UK) LIMITED
Henllan Bread (UK) Limited made £11.8m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Henllan Bread (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £11.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit and 147 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Denbigh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Denbigh, Wales
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.8m | £9.3m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5.9m | £6.1m | £7.2m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.2m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.1m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.1m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £792k | £818k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £792k | £818k | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 127 | 138 | 147 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9% | 8.8% | 14% |
| Gross margin | 33.8% | 34.8% | 39.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £69.7k | £67.6k | £80.2k |
| Profit per employee | £6.2k | £5.9k | £11.2k |
| Cash conversion | −140.5% | −107.4% | −80% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.5% | ▲26.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.2% | ▲101.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▲6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £897k | £733k | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £7.1m | £8.8m |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £5.1m | £5.1m |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.2m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £29.7k | £27.9k | £37.2k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£1.2m | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £80.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −80%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.9%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £8.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲132%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 147
- Deferred income
- ▲34%
- Now £37.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £5.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Similar profitable businesses
- Reeve the Baker LimitedSalisbury · Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
- Revenue
- £11.7m
- Profit
- £1.3m
- Staff
- 208
- Pin-IT Pastry LimitedBridgend · Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
- Revenue
- £12.1m
- Profit
- £1.4m
- Staff
- 62
- Culloden Foods LimitedInverness · Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
- Revenue
- £11.3m
- Profit
- £152k
- Staff
- 215
- Martins Craft Bakery LimitedManchester · Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
- Revenue
- £12.7m
- Profit
- £478k
- Staff
- 251
- Dorringtons LimitedSawbridgeworth Herts · Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
- Revenue
- £10.8m
- Profit
- £231k
- Staff
- 215
- Baked Earth Bakery LimitedNottingham · Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
- Revenue
- £13m
- Profit
- £375k
- Staff
- 146
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.