BAXTERS FOOD GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-25 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£418K
-67.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£96M
-7.2% vs 2024
Employees
1,413
-14.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£7M
+47% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BAXTERS FOOD GROUP LIMITED 2006-12-21 → present
- W.A. BAXTER & SONS LIMITED 1945-11-07 → 2006-12-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £376,295,000 | £387,726,000 | |
| Operating profit | £15,542,000 | £22,297,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£13,568,000 | -£7,194,000 | |
| Net profit | -£13,524,000 | -£7,745,000 | |
| Cash | £1,300,000 | £418,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £332,246,000 | £327,859,000 | |
| Net assets | £103,596,000 | £96,128,000 | |
| Equity | £103,596,000 | £96,128,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,646 | 1,413 | |
| Wages | £79,430,000 | £65,740,000 |
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 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | -3.6% | -2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.7% | 6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.9% | 75.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.41x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | 0.58x | 0.77x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed that the Group remains a going concern. A review of financial position, forecasts, cash-flows, liquidity and borrowing facilities satisfied Directors that resources are sufficient for at least 12 months. Financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BAXTERS FOOD GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Baxters North America Holdings Inc 100%
- BNA Holdings Inc 100%
- Baxters North America Inc 100%
- Bluegrass Holdings LLC 100%
- Orexis Fresh Foods Limited 100%
- Baxters Food Group Properties Pty Limited 100%
- Baxters Foods Australia Pty Limited 100%
- Baxters Polska Sp z.o.o 100%
Significant events
- “Operating profit after exceptional items increased to £22.3m (2024: £15.5m), up 228% from 2023.”
- “US business saw an uptick due to military contracts responding to hurricanes.”
- “The Group completed a successful sale and leaseback of Oregon and Kentucky properties.”
- “New customer wins with blue-chip organisations and leveraged our expertise in pet food to grow the US business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAXTER, Andrew Gordon | Director | 1989-04-20 | Nov 1958 | British |
| BAXTER, Audrey Caroline | Director | 1990-12-12 | May 1961 | Scottish |
| MCNIVEN-BAXTER, Catherine Mhari | Director | 2024-04-24 | Feb 1994 | British |
| STRAIN, Terence | Director | 2025-07-30 | Mar 1960 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Ian | Secretary | 1998-08-10 | 2002-04-07 |
| HENDERSON, William Innes | Secretary | — | 1998-08-10 |
| MCKELVIE, Gordon Campbell | Secretary | 2019-08-21 | 2026-04-30 |
| MCKELVIE, Gordon Campbell | Secretary | 2006-06-21 | 2007-01-12 |
| MCLUCKIE, Peter Alexander | Secretary | 2007-02-14 | 2015-10-19 |
| PIA, Paul Dominic | Secretary | 2002-04-08 | 2006-06-21 |
| STRACHAN, Lucy Jill | Secretary | 2015-10-19 | 2019-08-21 |
| BURNESS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2007-01-12 | 2007-02-14 |
| AKEHURST, Jonathan Firth | Director | 2025-01-29 | 2025-03-05 |
| ARTHUR, Kerr | Director | 2008-01-23 | 2009-12-07 |
| BARNES, Joseph Harry George | Director | 1993-10-25 | 1998-04-08 |
| BAXTER, Euphemia Ellen | Director | — | 2004-06-18 |
| BAXTER, George Ian Adam | Director | — | 2001-05-14 |
| BAXTER, Margaret | Director | — | 1992-07-31 |
| BAXTER, Robert Michael | Director | 1996-12-18 | 2000-07-31 |
| BAXTER, William Gordon | Director | — | 2003-09-29 |
| BRAND, William | Director | 1989-04-20 | 1995-03-03 |
| CARMICHAEL, John Boyd | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| DAVIS, Ronald | Director | 2016-02-18 | 2020-08-05 |
| DICKSON, Alan | Director | 2007-01-12 | 2009-01-23 |
| FIELD, Andrew | Director | 2007-01-12 | 2007-10-31 |
| FISHER, Mitchell | Director | 2001-03-29 | 2007-01-12 |
| HENDERSON, William Innes | Director | — | 1998-08-10 |
| HEPBURN, James | Director | 2007-01-12 | 2008-06-09 |
| KING, David | Director | 1992-11-05 | 2004-09-22 |
| KING, William | Director | 2007-01-12 | 2015-02-20 |
| LAGDEN, Ronald Gordon | Director | — | 2004-09-22 |
| LEWANDO, Jan | Director | — | 1998-09-23 |
| MAIN, Peter Tester | Director | — | 1991-07-09 |
| MCGILL, Michael Scott | Director | 2016-09-28 | 2019-04-19 |
| MCLUCKIE, Peter Alexander | Director | 2016-02-18 | 2016-06-21 |
| METCALFE, Heather Margaret | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2016-06-06 |
| MUTTON, Andrew Edwin | Director | 2007-01-12 | 2009-12-07 |
| RATCLIFFE, David Keith | Director | 2004-09-22 | 2007-01-12 |
| SEWELL, George | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2006-03-31 |
| SLEVIN, Kieran Martin Joseph | Director | 2022-09-23 | 2024-11-29 |
| SMITH, Robert Henderson | Director | — | 1994-01-11 |
| SOUTAR, Norman Graeme Scott | Director | 2004-06-23 | 2006-08-16 |
| STEWART, Alastair | Director | 2009-12-09 | 2010-07-20 |
| STRAIN, Terence | Director | 2019-10-30 | 2023-11-21 |
| WARE, Trevor David Oliver | Director | 1997-06-27 | 2007-01-12 |
| WATSON, James | Director | 2007-08-20 | 2008-05-30 |
| WEIR, James Finlay | Director | — | 1999-03-18 |
| WHEATER, Nicholas John | Director | 2007-01-12 | 2016-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.A. Baxter & Sons (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 271 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-29 vs 2024-03-30
-
Turnover
+3%
£376,295,000 £387,726,000
-
Cash
-67.8%
£1,300,000 £418,000
-
Net assets
-7.2%
£103,596,000 £96,128,000
-
Employees
-14.2%
1,646 1,413
-
Operating profit
+43.5%
£15,542,000 £22,297,000
-
Profit before tax
+47%
-£13,568,000 -£7,194,000
-
Wages
-17.2%
£79,430,000 £65,740,000
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