Bako Group Limited
Registered name: BAKO GROUP LIMITED
Bako Group Limited made £234m revenue and £5.9m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Bako Group Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £234m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £5.9m profit. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Preston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £181m | £196m | £234m |
| Cost of sales | −£147m | −£159m | −£190m |
| Gross profit | £34.7m | £36.8m | £44.3m |
| Operating profit | £5.8m | £6.8m | £9m |
| Profit before tax | £5.6m | £6.5m | £8.2m |
| Profit after tax | £4.4m | £5m | £5.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.4m | £5m | £5.9m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 19.1% | 18.8% | 18.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▲19.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲18.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Anglian Bakery and Catering Suppliers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bako Bidco LtdFigures not disclosed
- Bako LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bako North Western LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bako South Eastern LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sandco 1187 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £5.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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