Prima Bakeries Limited
Registered name: PRIMA BAKERIES LIMITED
Part of Prima Trustees Limited groupPrima Bakeries Limited made £232k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Prima Bakeries Limited reported £232k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025, down 30% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 92 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Redruth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Redruth, South West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9.1m | £11.6m |
| Profit after tax | — | £36.2k | £334k | £232k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £36.2k | £334k | £232k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.7m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 89 | 92 | 92 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £406 | £3.6k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲822.6% | ▼30.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.1% | ▲3.4% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £434k | £490k | £354k | £297k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £956k | £1m | £947k | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £361k | £354k | £387k | £348k |
| Deferred income | £31.8k | £41.3k | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £297k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 92
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £5.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Prima Trustees Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Prima Bakeries Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Cornish Premier Pasties LimitedRev. £9.7m · Profit £1.3m
- Furniss of Cornwall LimitedRev. — · Profit −£171k
- The Healthier Bakery Co LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £232k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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