Barke Craft Bakery Ltd
Registered name: BARKE CRAFT BAKERY LTD
Barke Craft Bakery Ltd made £358k revenue and £10.2k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Barke Craft Bakery Ltd’s revenue grew 24% to £358k in the year to 31 May 2025, with £10.2k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores” and is based in Brentwood; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brentwood, East of England
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £290k | £358k |
| Profit after tax | £12.4k | £10.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £12.4k | £10.2k |
| Staff costs | £60.8k | £100k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 2.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £57.9k | £51.2k |
| Profit per employee | £2.5k | £1.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲40% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £12.4k | £11.4k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £12.4k | £16.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £51.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £11.4k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲40%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £10.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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