J N BAKER LIMITED
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Cash
£3M
-14.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.1M
+20% vs 2024
Employees
156
+2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£786K
-29.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,505,822 | £15,291,193 | +5.4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,042,576 | £723,541 | -30.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,111,685 | £786,060 | -29.3% | |
| Net profit | £790,525 | £513,030 | -35.1% | |
| Cash | £3,510,530 | £2,988,720 | -14.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,095,991 | £4,993,558 | +21.9% | |
| Net assets | £2,560,479 | £3,073,509 | +20% | |
| Equity | £2,560,479 | £3,073,509 | +20% | |
| Average employees | 153 | 156 | +2% | |
| Wages | £4,465,527 | £4,530,363 | +1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £680,751 | £661,168 | -2.9% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.2% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.5% | 14.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.72x | 0.58x | |
| Interest cover | 61.34x | 14.94x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- J N BAKER LIMITED 2000-06-12 → present
- BAKERS COACHES LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 2000-06-12
- PRIDE OF THE WEST COACHES LIMITED 1945-07-21 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared forecasts for the period to July 2027 and are confident that the company will continue to remain profitable in 2025/26. The directors are confident that the company will continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “The company has acquired land in North Somerset and is part way through the construction of phase one build of new headquarters, coach workshop and parking facility. Phase one estimated to cost circa £1.5m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUNT, Stephen Keith | Secretary | 2002-11-01 | — | British |
| ABBEY, Kevin Fasham | Director | — | Dec 1946 | British |
| FLETCHER, Amanda Jane Theresa | Director | 2019-11-28 | Sep 1966 | British |
| FLETCHER, Lionel Max | Director | 2012-08-16 | Apr 1966 | British |
| HUNT, Stephen Keith | Director | 2009-11-01 | Jan 1973 | British |
| SIMS, Christopher John | Director | — | Jun 1956 | British |
| SMITH, Andrew Granville | Director | 1992-08-01 | Aug 1947 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Andrew Granville | Secretary | — | 2002-11-01 |
| BAKER, Eva Mary | Director | — | 2000-07-13 |
| BAKER, John Theodore Nowell | Director | — | 2000-12-21 |
| BAKER, Robert Herbert Reading | Director | — | 2000-12-21 |
| LITTEN, Diane | Director | 1992-11-01 | 1997-11-21 |
| NEWCOMBE, Timothy | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2008-06-01 |
| WARNOCK-SMITH, Michael | Director | — | 1999-10-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakers Coaches Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-11-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2025-07-11 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2025-07-11 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2025-07-11 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2025-07-11 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2025-07-11 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2025-07-11 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | AR01 | annual-return | Annual return company with made up date | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.