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Company No. SC062889 · Incorporated 15 Aug 1977

J.G. Ross (Bakers) Limited

Registered name: J.G. ROSS (BAKERS) LIMITED

Part of J G Ross Of Inverurie Ltd group

J.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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Mar 2025

Key figures

Doing more with less
Revenue
£17.2m
Growth ▲4.4%
Profit
£741k
Growth ▼4.7%
Profit margin
4.3%
Gross 44.2%
Employees
309
Change ▼0.6%
Profit / employee
£2.4k
Revenue/employee £55.7k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Mar 202230 Mar 202330 Mar 202430 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&LFull 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)291294311309
Ratios
Profit margin11.9%7.2%4.7%4.3%
Gross margin47.3%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
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. J G Ross Of Inverurie Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. 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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