THE VILLAGE BAKERY (WREXHAM) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-24 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£42M
Equity attributable
Employees
899
Average over period
Profit before tax
£15M
Period ending 2024-12-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-24 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £97,972,000 | £154,265,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,429,000 | £16,594,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,136,000 | £15,257,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,789,000 | £12,615,000 | |
| Cash | £3,671,000 | £4,996,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £48,053,000 | £60,547,000 | |
| Net assets | £29,150,000 | £41,765,000 | |
| Equity | £29,150,000 | £41,765,000 | |
| Average employees | 741 | 899 | |
| Wages | £22,691,000 | £34,288,000 |
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 | 2023-09-24 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 10.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.3% | 27.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.61x | 0.96x | |
| Interest cover | 4.20x | 11.90x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On the 10th July 2024 the Village Bakery group of companies was purchased by the Menissez group, a family owned bakery business based in France with the ultimate parent company now FMI.”
- “As a result of the acquisition by the Menissez Group in July 2024 all third party debt was repaid.”
- “Following the acquisition by the Menissez group the period end date has changed from end September to end December to be in line with the parents group of companies. As a result current period and prior year figures are not entirely comparable.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOT, Lesley Claire | Director | 2025-04-15 | Aug 1978 | British |
| MENISSEZ, Isabela Helene Grajewski Ep. | Director | 2024-07-10 | Jul 1969 | French |
| MENISSEZ, Laurent Emile Marceau | Director | 2024-07-10 | Jun 1966 | French |
| MENISSEZ, Valentine Caroline Germaine | Director | 2024-07-10 | Aug 2003 | French |
| THORPE, Simon George | Director | 2025-04-15 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOT, Lesley Claire | Director | 2023-06-20 | 2024-07-10 |
| BENEDETTO, Paolo | Director | 2024-01-29 | 2024-07-10 |
| JONES, Alan Edward | Director | 2010-06-10 | 2021-02-26 |
| JONES, Charles Christien | Director | 2010-06-10 | 2025-02-28 |
| JONES, Robin Michael | Director | 2010-06-10 | 2025-02-28 |
| JONES, Timothy Edward | Director | 2010-06-10 | 2013-04-10 |
| MCDONALD, James Damian | Director | 2022-05-25 | 2023-12-21 |
| OLNEY, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2015-12-04 |
| THORPE, Simon George | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2024-07-10 |
| TOTTY, Elizabeth Joy | Director | 2018-08-10 | 2020-07-10 |
| WARMISHAM, Barry Charles | Director | 2010-06-10 | 2010-06-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erlas Black Wood No 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-21 | Active |
| Village Bakery (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2024-12-29 vs 2023-09-24