C.T. BAKER LIMITED — The Accounts

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Cash

£282k

-63.3% vs 2025

Net assets

£2m

+2.1% vs 2025

Employees

116

-2.5% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£60k

-72.2% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

C.T. BAKER LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=82

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-02-28

Metric	2024-02-29	2025-02-28	2026-02-28	Δ vs prior
Turnover	£12,105,912	£12,436,482	£12,735,492	+2.4%
Operating profit	£113,101	£217,836	£1,663	-99.2%
Profit before tax	£98,259	£216,917	£60,318	-72.2%
Net profit	£88,193	£384,732	£41,613	-89.2%
Cash	£18,520	£768,550	£281,760	-63.3%
Total assets less current liabilities	£6,296,971	£2,447,266	£2,338,375	-4.4%
Net assets	£5,432,482	£1,971,753	£2,013,366	+2.1%
Equity	£5,432,482	£1,971,753	£2,013,366	+2.1%
Average employees	124	119	116	-2.5%
Wages	£2,716,974	£2,720,229	£2,705,467	-0.5%
Directors' remuneration	£314,615	£216,859	—	—
Directors' pension contributions	£11,213	£3,528	—	—
Highest paid director	£140,043	£89,487	—	—

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	2024-02-29	2025-02-28	2026-02-28
Operating margin	0.9%	1.8%	0.0%
Net margin	0.7%	3.1%	0.3%
Return on capital employed	1.8%	8.9%	0.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	40.4%	62.2%	57.8%
Current ratio	1.87x	1.59x	1.56x
Interest cover	5.91x	28.89x	0.28x

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: Larking Gowen LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 9 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BAKER, Richard James Malcolm	Secretary	2019-12-31	—	—
BAKER, Nicholas Miles Custance Morton	Director	1995-03-01	Mar 1963	British
BAKER, Richard James Malcolm	Director	—	Jun 1961	British
BAKER-ATTEW, Felicity Alexandra Morton	Director	2019-07-19	Apr 1990	British
GURNEY-READ, Jane Heather Ruth	Director	2009-11-09	Sep 1958	British

Show 9 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BAKER, Duncan Charles	Secretary	2019-07-19	2019-12-31
BAKER, Michael John Morton	Secretary	—	2019-07-19
BAKER, Anthony James Morton	Director	—	2017-08-31
BAKER, Duncan Charles	Director	2012-10-01	2019-12-31
BAKER, Gillian Mary	Director	—	1995-02-28
BAKER, Michael John Morton	Director	—	2019-07-19
HEATH, Roger Charles	Director	2001-02-01	2011-05-31
MILTON, Carl Robert	Director	2021-09-06	2024-03-08
RAY, Edward Ernest	Director	—	2013-07-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Ct Baker Group Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2022-12-12	Active
Mr Richard James Malcolm Baker	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2022-12-12
Mr Anthony James Morton Baker	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2020-11-29
Mr Michael John Morton Baker	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-07-19

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 162 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-08-12	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2026-08-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-08-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-01-15	ANNOTATION	miscellaneous	Legacy
2025-01-15	ANNOTATION	miscellaneous	Legacy
2024-11-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-08-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-03-18	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-09-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-07-31	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-03-31	AD02	address	Change sail address company with old address new address	PDF
2023-01-26	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-01-26	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-01-25	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-01-16	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-01-16	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-01-16	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-01-16	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-01-16	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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