ARYZTA BAKERIES UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-30 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£406K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£7M
Equity attributable
Employees
118
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ARYZTA BAKERIES UK LTD 2014-02-07 → present
- HONEYTOP SPECIALITY FOODS LIMITED 1997-06-05 → 2014-02-07
- HONEYTOP FOODS LIMITED 1995-04-12 → 1997-06-05
- BALAIKA LIMITED 1995-01-16 → 1995-04-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £49,697,000 | £33,803,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,256,000 | £6,944,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,603,000 | £7,775,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,603,000 | £7,727,000 | |
| Cash | £3,080,000 | £406,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,947,000 | £19,673,000 | |
| Net assets | -£903,000 | £6,823,000 | |
| Equity | -£903,000 | £6,823,000 | |
| Average employees | 122 | 118 | |
| Wages | £7,793,000 | £5,766,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.6% | 20.5% | |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 22.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.5% | 35.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.36x | 1.03x |
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
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have accordingly been prepared on a going concern basis, with the reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. The Company has received a letter of support from ARYZTA AG confirming its commitment to providing financial support for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, if required.”
Significant events
- “As at the period end date an intercompany loan of £32,850,344 was in existence. Subsequent to the period end date, in June 2025, a portion of the loan amounting to £20,000,344 was repaid to its parent company ARYZTA UK Holdings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOBOSZ, Lukasz | Director | 2024-07-31 | Sep 1978 | Polish |
| TURNER, Ashley | Director | 2024-07-31 | Jun 1984 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CACALY, Thierry | Secretary | 2016-09-19 | 2019-09-17 |
| EID, Charles Samir, Dr | Secretary | 1995-12-01 | 2011-08-12 |
| EID, William Samir | Secretary | 1995-01-31 | 1995-12-01 |
| KELLY, Martin | Secretary | 2013-12-01 | 2016-09-19 |
| MANNING, Cormac Joseph | Secretary | 2011-08-12 | 2013-12-01 |
| MURPHY, Sean Timothy | Secretary | 2019-09-17 | 2026-01-09 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-01-16 | 1995-01-31 |
| CACALY, Thierry | Director | 2016-09-19 | 2019-09-17 |
| CAROLAN, Kieran | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2015-06-01 |
| EID, Charles Samir | Director | 1995-01-31 | 2011-08-12 |
| EID, William Samir | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2011-08-12 |
| EID, William Samir | Director | 1995-01-31 | 1995-12-01 |
| FELL, Richard Mark | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2016-09-19 |
| GUDKA, Sandip Kiran | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2024-10-21 |
| HART, Graham | Director | 2016-07-08 | 2017-07-07 |
| HINSLEY, David | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2014-07-01 |
| KELLY, Martin Joseph | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2016-09-19 |
| LAURENCE, David John | Director | 2011-08-12 | 2015-06-01 |
| MANNING, Cormac Joseph | Director | 2011-08-12 | 2013-12-01 |
| MURPHY, Dermot | Director | 2016-09-19 | 2018-08-10 |
| MURPHY, Sean Timothy | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2026-01-09 |
| NEVILLE, Tom | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2016-07-08 |
| PROCTOR, James Anthony | Director | 2018-08-10 | 2024-07-31 |
| WALTON, John Richard | Director | 2011-08-12 | 2013-05-29 |
| WALTON, John Richard | Director | 1995-12-01 | 2001-12-10 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-01-16 | 1995-01-31 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-01-16 | 1995-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aryzta Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-01-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-15 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-08 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31