DAVID WOOD BAKING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-05
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£10M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£25M
Equity attributable
Employees
1,759
Average over period
Profit before tax
£20M
Period ending 2024-11-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-05.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-05-31 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £94,736,599 | £259,913,014 | |
| Operating profit | £3,702,306 | £34,595,990 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,127,224 | £20,361,658 | |
| Net profit | £1,583,636 | £13,622,824 | |
| Cash | £10,114 | £9,871,560 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,750,750 | £52,334,403 | |
| Net assets | £11,254,936 | £24,817,760 | |
| Equity | £11,254,936 | £24,817,760 | |
| Average employees | 1,744 | 1,759 | |
| Wages | £21,876,603 | £73,404,130 |
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 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 13.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.8% | 66.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.51x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 2.35x | 6.00x |
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
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- 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.”
Group structure
- DAVID WOOD BAKING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- David Wood Baking UK Limited 100%
- David Wood Baking Limited 100%
- Peter Hunt's Bakery Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the period to November 2024 the business suffered from a fire, leading to the complete loss of one of its bread production facilities...An insurance claim was made following the fire which was settled in October 2024.”
- “In April 2024, to address the group's liquidity needs caused by a delay in insurance proceeds, the group refinanced various loan facilities through a new senior debt facility (funded by a number of private credit funds) arranged and managed by Barings Asset Management ("Barings") as detailed in note 24.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHADWICK, Andrew Paul | Director | 2026-03-05 | Sep 1965 | British |
| HUGHES, John David | Director | 2026-03-05 | Apr 1946 | British |
| KENT, Michael Ian | Director | 2024-06-14 | Jul 1962 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Lloyd | Director | 2024-04-26 | Apr 1969 | British |
| WOOD, David Anthony | Director | 2024-03-23 | Mar 1968 | British |
| WOOD, Karen | Director | 2024-03-23 | Aug 1972 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Anthony Wood | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-03-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 19 of 19 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | RM01 | insolvency | Liquidation receiver appointment of receiver | |
| 2026-04-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-07-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-05-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-03-23 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- 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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-05-31