DANISH BAKE UK LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£2.9m
Equity attributable
Employees
221
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1.5m
Period ending 2023-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,820,879 | — | |
| Operating profit | £488,763 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,506,335 | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,544,794 | — | |
| Cash | £1,622,022 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £324,676 | — | |
| Net assets | -£2,854,610 | — | |
| Equity | -£2,854,610 | — | |
| Average employees | 221 | — | |
| Wages | £11,026,245 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | -4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 150.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 110.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.19x | |
| Interest cover | 0.24x |
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
- Thomson Cooper
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors expect that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period not less than 12 months from the date of approving this annual report and financial statemerts. The company has received confirmation that the parent undertaking, Danish Bake A/S, will provide financial support to the company if required. In fulfilling their obligations as directors of the company, they have satisfied themselves that the parent company has the means and ability to provide financial support if so required.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANUTE SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2015-05-13 | — | — |
| HOLLINSHEAD, Graham John | Director | 2025-03-01 | Jul 1968 | British |
| KNUDSEN, Joachim Bernhard | Director | 2024-01-01 | Mar 1974 | Danish |
| WIENECKE, Kennet Skyggelund | Director | 2024-01-10 | May 1978 | Danish |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTTA, Jason Anthony | Director | 2019-08-26 | 2023-10-24 |
| DIXEN, Jesper Mark | Director | 2023-10-24 | 2024-01-01 |
| FRIIS, Jesper Roholm | Director | 2015-05-13 | 2019-08-26 |
| ISRAELSEN, Soeren | Director | 2016-12-20 | 2018-06-30 |
| JENSEN, Mikael Koch | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2024-01-10 |
| NIXON, Lee | Director | 2021-01-25 | 2023-04-14 |
| WARD-NICHOLSON, Simon | Director | 2019-09-09 | 2020-07-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 62 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-27 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-10 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-10-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.