BETTYS & TAYLORS GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-18 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-04
Watchouts
Cash
£24M
+43.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£154M
+8.3% vs 2023
Employees
1,568
+1.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£29M
+123.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BETTYS & TAYLORS GROUP LTD 1993-11-29 → present
- PROSPECT FOODS LIMITED 1951-10-30 → 1993-11-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £295,738,000 | £319,222,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,395,000 | £29,227,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,917,000 | £28,837,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,626,000 | £20,778,000 | |
| Cash | £16,914,000 | £24,242,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £145,317,000 | £157,673,000 | |
| Net assets | £142,440,000 | £154,221,000 | |
| Equity | £142,440,000 | £154,221,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,548 | 1,568 | |
| Wages | £55,297,000 | £60,245,000 |
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 | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 9.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 6.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.5% | 18.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.0% | 24.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.01x | 2.94x | |
| Interest cover | 118.05x | 38.21x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On this basis and having considered the risks and uncertainties described above, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has sufficient financial resources to meet its obligations as they fall due for at least the next twelve months. The Directors have therefore concluded that it is appropriate to prepare these Financial Statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BETTYS & TAYLORS GROUP LTD · parent
- Bettys Bakery Ltd 100%
- Bettys of Harrogate Ltd 100%
- Bettys of York Ltd 100%
- Kings Master Bakers Ltd 100%
- Prospect Foods (York) Ltd 100%
- Taylors of Harrogate Ltd 100%
- Taylors of York Ltd 100%
- Taylors Tea & Coffee Ltd 100%
- The D:Caff Company Ltd 100%
- Yorkshire Tea Blenders Ltd 100%
- Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In October 2024, the Trustees of The Bettys & Taylors Management Pension Plan entered into a buy-in transaction with Just Retirement Limited, a leading provider of pension scheme de-risking solutions. The buy-in is a type of bulk annuity insurance policy, bought to remove the risks associated with running a defined benefit pension scheme. This key transaction enabled the Group to conclude a well-executed de-risking strategy, resulting in a position where the Group can fully secure all the members' benefit entitlements. This investment decision significantly de-risks the Group's balance sheet and further reduces the Group's pension exposure risks and improves the Group's cashflow in the medium term (note 22).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COGAN, Paul Murray | Secretary | 2012-04-23 | — | — |
| AKHTAR, Rimla | Director | 2021-03-01 | Sep 1982 | British |
| BROWN, Andrew Stephen Francis La Hausse | Director | 2023-06-08 | Mar 1964 | British |
| COGAN, Paul Murray | Director | 2012-04-23 | Jun 1969 | British |
| DEE, Christopher John | Director | 2026-04-01 | Dec 1968 | British |
| GUNN, Fiona Catherine | Director | 2019-04-03 | Feb 1958 | British |
| MORROW, Clare | Director | 2014-01-01 | Sep 1960 | British |
| WILDSMITH, Andrew James | Director | 2018-01-25 | Mar 1977 | British |
| WRAGG, Jonathan Leslie | Director | 2026-04-01 | Feb 1960 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BODEN, Martin Brett | Secretary | 2010-08-01 | 2011-07-01 |
| BROWN, Andrew Stephen Francis La Hausse | Secretary | 2001-04-05 | 2010-04-19 |
| CHAPMAN, Timothy Adrian Tydd | Secretary | — | 2001-04-05 |
| BAKER, Andrew Stanley | Director | 2011-05-03 | 2011-09-09 |
| BARNES, Elizabeth | Director | — | 1996-10-30 |
| BROWN, Andrew Stephen Francis La Hausse | Director | 2001-01-17 | 2010-04-19 |
| CHAPMAN, Timothy Adrian Tydd | Director | — | 2001-10-31 |
| FELLOWS, Rachel Elizabeth Louise | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2023-06-08 |
| FLANAGAN, Brian John | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2016-12-13 |
| GODFREY, Mary | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2016-10-31 |
| GREENALL, Sally Ann | Director | 1998-07-16 | 2009-04-24 |
| HANSON, Philip David | Director | 2016-03-18 | 2025-03-19 |
| ROSE, Victoria Mary | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2016-03-18 |
| ROSENVINGE, Stephen John, Sol | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2013-06-28 |
| ROSENVINGE, Stephen John, Sol | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2010-03-01 |
| ROSENVINGE, Stephen John, Sol | Director | — | 2007-04-20 |
| SMITH, Berenice Susan | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2022-04-28 |
| WATTS, Christine Gwendolon | Director | 1997-06-24 | 2010-06-24 |
| WHITEHEAD, Gordon Alan | Director | — | 1998-03-24 |
| WILD, Antony | Director | — | 1992-06-22 |
| WILD, Carl Victor | Director | — | 1996-10-30 |
| WILD, Jonathan | Director | — | 2011-04-01 |
| WILD, Kay | Director | — | 1996-10-30 |
| WILD, Lesley Margaret | Director | — | 2020-03-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jonathan Wild | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 229 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-08 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-10-23 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-07-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
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Turnover
+7.9%
£295,738,000 £319,222,000
-
Cash
+43.3%
£16,914,000 £24,242,000
-
Net assets
+8.3%
£142,440,000 £154,221,000
-
Employees
+1.3%
1,548 1,568
-
Operating profit
+135.8%
£12,395,000 £29,227,000
-
Profit before tax
+123.2%
£12,917,000 £28,837,000
-
Wages
+8.9%
£55,297,000 £60,245,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers