BIRDS BAKERY HOLDINGS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-04 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17M
-14% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
-4% vs 2023
Employees
787
+7.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-30.9% vs 2023
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 | £33,595,033 | £35,380,035 | |
| Operating profit | £2,945,792 | £1,784,884 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,883,872 | £2,684,457 | |
| Net profit | £3,593,470 | £2,222,961 | |
| Cash | £19,751,273 | £16,987,669 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,404,218 | £24,785,820 | |
| Net assets | £24,024,162 | £23,064,873 | |
| Equity | £24,024,162 | £23,064,873 | |
| Average employees | 734 | 787 | |
| Wages | £13,395,164 | £14,775,153 |
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 | 8.8% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.4% | 7.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.35x | 6.58x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the balance sheet date the group had significant cash balances and a strong net asset position with minimal external debt. At the time of signing these accounts, the directors have considered the going concern position and consider that this does indicate that the group will continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these accounts. On that basis, the directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BIRDS BAKERY HOLDINGS LTD · parent
- Birds (Derby) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Alexander William Cameron | Director | 2022-11-07 | Feb 1997 | British |
| BIRD, Jamie Paul Robert | Director | 2022-09-22 | Jan 1993 | British |
| BIRD, Lesley | Director | 2022-08-22 | Jun 1960 | British |
| BIRD, Linda Kathleen | Director | 2022-09-22 | Nov 1954 | British |
| TILLY, David William | Director | 2022-09-22 | May 1963 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Linda Kathleen Bird | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-09-22 | Active |
| Mrs Lesley Bird | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-08-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 18 of 18 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-09-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-09-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-09-27 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-09-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-22 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+5.3%
£33,595,033 £35,380,035
-
Cash
-14%
£19,751,273 £16,987,669
-
Net assets
-4%
£24,024,162 £23,064,873
-
Employees
+7.2%
734 787
-
Operating profit
-39.4%
£2,945,792 £1,784,884
-
Profit before tax
-30.9%
£3,883,872 £2,684,457
-
Wages
+10.3%
£13,395,164 £14,775,153
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