ELLIOTT BAXTER & COMPANY LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-24 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-04-10

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£36K

-93.2% lowest in 6 filed years

Net assets

£76M

+4.5% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

233

-0.9% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£4M

-2.9% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

ELLIOTT BAXTER & COMPANY LIMITED 1985-08-16 → present
ELLIOTT BAXTER AND COMPANY LIMITED 1949-01-04 → 1985-08-16

Net assets

9-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

ELLIOTT BAXTER & COMPANY LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

9-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£142,396,000	£102,982,000	—	£141,969,000	—	£218,157,000	—	£191,369,000	£178,836,000
Operating profit	£2,597,000	£331,000	—	£4,380,000	—	£10,566,000	—	£4,841,000	£4,367,000
Profit before tax	£2,600,000	£357,000	—	£4,388,000	—	£10,296,000	—	£4,580,000	£4,449,000
Net profit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£3,470,000	£3,289,000
Cash	£3,607,000	£5,121,000	—	£532,000	—	£67,000	—	£531,000	£36,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£57,407,000	£58,700,000	—	£62,818,000	—	£71,163,000	—	£75,770,000	£78,618,000
Net assets	£57,124,000	£57,445,000	—	£61,048,000	—	£69,528,000	—	£72,998,000	£76,287,000
Equity	£57,124,000	£57,445,000	—	£61,048,000	—	£69,528,000	—	£72,998,000	£76,287,000
Average employees	278	243	—	218	—	247	—	235	233
Wages	—	£8,845,000	—	£11,007,000	—	—	—	£10,487,000	£10,545,000

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	1.8%	0.3%	—	3.1%	—	4.8%	—	2.5%	2.4%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8%	1.8%
Return on capital employed	4.5%	0.6%	—	7.0%	—	14.8%	—	6.4%	5.6%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.50x	4.67x
Interest cover	2597.00x	—	—	—	—	30.10x	—	14.07x	218.35x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Menzies LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

“In March 2024 the Company committed to a new warehouse in Coalville replacing the existing tired and inefficient warehouse in Leicester. The new warehouse was operational in September 2024.”
“Implementation of a state-of-the-art Warehouse Management System has commenced and will eventually be operational across all the Company's warehouses.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 10 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
EDWARDS, Andrew David	Secretary	2000-05-31	—	British
BENWELL, Rodney Victor	Director	2013-07-01	Apr 1966	British
EDWARDS, Andrew David	Director	2002-01-01	Jul 1968	British
ELLIOTT, Matthew James	Director	2008-01-25	Jan 1982	British
ELLIOTT, Timothy	Director	—	Oct 1953	British
SANDWELL, Christopher James	Director	2002-04-01	Aug 1968	British

Show 10 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BARRY, Philip Joseph	Secretary	—	2000-05-31
ALLEN, Steven Dean	Director	—	2013-03-31
BARRY, Philip Joseph	Director	—	2000-05-31
BOURNE, Philip Dwar	Director	—	2012-03-30
ELLIOTT, Jeremy	Director	—	2007-09-06
ORFORD, Colin John	Director	—	2005-03-31
SANDS, John	Director	—	2005-12-31
TENNENT, David Macdonald	Director	2006-12-01	2025-12-31
WHITE, Stephen John	Director	2003-07-01	2012-11-30
WINDETT, Reginald Michael	Director	1952-07-06	2004-01-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Jeremy Elliott	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2019-07-05	Ceased 2021-02-26
Elliott Baxter Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2019-07-05	Active
Mr Timothy Elliott	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-07-05
Mr Jeremy Elliott	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-07-05

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 146 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-01-15	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-09-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-04-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-04-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-03-15	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2024-02-20	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-02-20	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-02-20	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-01-11	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full
2023-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-05-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-04-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-04-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-03-24	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2021-03-24	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2020-12-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

-6.5%

£191,369,000 £178,836,000
Cash

-93.2%

£531,000 £36,000

lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets

+4.5%

£72,998,000 £76,287,000

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

-0.9%

235 233
Operating profit

-9.8%

£4,841,000 £4,367,000
Profit before tax

-2.9%

£4,580,000 £4,449,000
Wages

+0.6%

£10,487,000 £10,545,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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