J.G. Ross (Bakers) Limited
Registered name: J.G. ROSS (BAKERS) LIMITED
Part of J G Ross Of Inverurie Ltd groupJ.G. Ross (Bakers) Limited made £17.2m revenue and £741k profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025.
J.G. Ross (Bakers) Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £17.2m in the year to 30 Mar 2025, with £741k profit and 309 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Inverurie; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Inverurie, Scotland
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Mar 2022 | 30 Mar 2023 | 30 Mar 2024 | 30 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.1m | £15.4m | £16.5m | £17.2m |
| Cost of sales | £7.4m | £8.5m | £9.3m | £9.6m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £7m | £7.2m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £1.3m | £975k | £971k |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £1.4m | £1m | £988k |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.1m | £778k | £741k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.1m | £778k | £741k |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £5.2m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 291 | 294 | 311 | 309 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.9% | 7.2% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 47.3% | 45.2% | 43.8% | 44.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £48.6k | £52.5k | £53k | £55.7k |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | £3.8k | £2.5k | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.2% | ▲6.8% | ▲4.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33.7% | ▼30.1% | ▼4.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1% | ▲5.8% | ▼0.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5m | £5.5m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.5m | £4.2m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £2m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £7.2m | — | — |
| Debtors | £962k | £948k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £83.8k | £147k | £126k | £167k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £55.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 309
- Deferred income
- ▲32%
- Now £167k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £2.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- J G Ross Of Inverurie Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- J.G. Ross (Bakers) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Mar 2025 (profit £741k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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