WARBURTONS LIMITED
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Cash
£17M
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£514M
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
4,962
Average over period
Profit before tax
£42M
Period ending 2025-09-27
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Warburtons widened its margins this year, turning a modest revenue bump into a 30% rise in operating profit. Steady baking. 🍞
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £711,335,000 | £741,095,000 | £769,933,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £32,543,000 | £33,259,000 | £43,192,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £29,807,000 | £31,509,000 | £42,010,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £20,134,000 | £16,006,000 | £22,241,000 | — | |
| Cash | £23,780,000 | £48,993,000 | £16,849,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £518,304,000 | £538,571,000 | £561,029,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £472,055,000 | £488,061,000 | £514,227,000 | — | |
| Equity | £472,055,000 | £488,061,000 | £514,227,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 4,952 | 4,959 | 4,962 | — | |
| Wages | £205,281,000 | £219,080,000 | £227,732,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £5,776,000 | £4,996,000 | £5,016,000 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 4.5% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 2.2% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.3% | 6.2% | 7.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.41x | 1.52x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | 11.89x | 17.07x | 31.81x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has prepared detailed forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. These forecasts, which take account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, demonstrate significant headroom on banking facilities and covenants, and confirm that the Group will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period. Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WARBURTONS LIMITED · parent
- Warburton Foods Limited 100%
- RBJ Foods Limited 100%
- Warburtons Asset Management Ltd 100%
- Burneys Limited 100%
- Warburtons Australia 2024 Pty Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company adopted a new set of values, intended to enable the organisation to give effect to its purpose of "To bake life a little bit better every day".”
- “The company achieved Great Place To Work certification and received the Family Business of the Year award at the British Business Excellence Awards.”
- “The Board agreed to a new £65 million revolving credit facility (with a right to increase the limit).”
- “The company approved investment of nearly £50 million in bakery occasion and gluten free capacity, including an agreement to acquire a manufacturing site and related machinery from Roberts Bakery, which was completed after the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORGAN, David Steven | Secretary | 2024-03-01 | — | — |
| KILBY, Mary-Ann | Director | 2022-03-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
| LANE, Mark John | Director | 2025-10-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
| MURRELLS, Steve | Director | 2025-05-01 | Aug 1965 | British |
| WARBURTON, Harry | Director | 2026-01-05 | Mar 1993 | British |
| WARBURTON, Jack | Director | 2026-01-05 | Mar 1993 | British |
| WARBURTON, James Alexander | Director | 2026-01-05 | Jan 1993 | British |
| WARBURTON, Jonathan | Director | — | Jun 1957 | British |
| WARBURTON, William Brett | Director | — | Oct 1955 | British |
| WARBURTON, William Ross | Director | — | Jun 1958 | British |
| WHITE, Roger Alexander | Director | 2024-09-01 | Feb 1965 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEALEY, John Michael | Secretary | 2008-03-14 | 2020-02-28 |
| MCMULLAN, Roger Neil | Secretary | — | 2008-03-14 |
| ABBOTT, Robert Leonard John, Dr | Director | — | 1997-04-11 |
| ALLEN, Mark | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2021-02-02 |
| CAMPBELL, Andrew Neil | Director | 2014-01-02 | 2022-08-09 |
| DUNLOP, Nigel Wallace Boyd | Director | 2007-05-15 | 2019-10-22 |
| HIGGINSON, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2021-12-01 | 2023-09-25 |
| HIGGINSON, Robert Charles | Director | 2006-03-07 | 2012-05-31 |
| HOOD, Robert Allan | Director | 1996-07-30 | 2000-04-28 |
| LANGWORTHY, Pamela, Jp | Director | 1998-01-13 | 2001-09-30 |
| LIGHT, David Andrew | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2024-02-09 |
| MCMULLAN, Roger Neil | Director | 2006-10-31 | 2008-03-04 |
| MEGSON, Angela | Director | 2006-05-02 | 2013-12-10 |
| RUDGARD, John Kennish | Director | 1998-01-13 | 2008-05-11 |
| SEALEY, Barry Edward | Director | — | 1996-07-01 |
| SKIPPER, Barry John | Director | 1994-06-10 | 1996-07-01 |
| SPEAK, James Phillips | Director | — | 1993-11-16 |
| THOMPSON, David George Fossett | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2005-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warburtons Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 222 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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.