BIRDS (DERBY) LIMITED
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Cash
£15m
-9.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£23m
-6.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
770
-2.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.8m
-0.5% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-03
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2026-01-03 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,595,033 | £35,380,035 | £36,135,513 | +2.1% | |
| Operating profit | £562,500 | £895,035 | £1,313,516 | +46.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,500,580 | £1,794,608 | £1,785,009 | -0.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,210,178 | £1,333,112 | £1,291,446 | -3.1% | |
| Cash | £19,751,273 | £16,987,669 | £15,326,275 | -9.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,762,729 | £26,254,482 | £24,561,920 | -6.4% | |
| Net assets | £29,891,445 | £24,533,535 | £22,935,981 | -6.5% | |
| Equity | £29,891,445 | £24,533,535 | £22,935,981 | -6.5% | |
| Average employees | 734 | 787 | 770 | -2.2% | |
| Wages | £13,395,164 | £14,775,153 | £14,967,000 | +1.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £304,745 | £353,463 | £367,869 | +4.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £19,296 | £30,119 | £29,473 | -2.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £169,535 | £173,694 | £168,009 | -3.3% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2026-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.7% | 2.5% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 3.8% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.8% | 3.4% | 5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.4% | 15.8% | 16.9% | |
| Current ratio | 7.07x | 6.58x | 5.56x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 29.19x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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.”
Significant events
- “During the period the company made charitable donations totalling £71,318 (2024: £68,288) of which £32,760 was to the Brain Trust and £29,643 to Cancer Research.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Lesley | Secretary | 2019-08-12 | — | — |
| BIRD, Alexander William Cameron | Director | 2022-11-24 | Feb 1997 | British |
| BIRD, Jamie Paul Robert | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jan 1993 | British |
| BIRD, Lesley | Director | 2019-08-12 | Jun 1960 | British |
| BIRD, Linda Kathleen | Director | 2022-02-01 | Nov 1954 | British |
| TILLY, David William | Director | 2019-08-15 | May 1963 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Nicholas James William | Secretary | 1991-07-31 | 2019-08-12 |
| HARRISON, Baron Anthony | Secretary | — | 1991-07-31 |
| BIRD, Nicholas James William | Director | — | 2021-07-19 |
| BIRD, Patrick Reginald Frank | Director | — | 2019-07-14 |
| BIRD, Thomas Reginald Paul | Director | — | 1992-04-09 |
| HARRISON, Baron Anthony | Director | — | 1991-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Linda Kathleen Bird | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-09-22 | Ceased 2022-09-22 |
| Birds Bakery Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-09-22 | Active |
| Mrs Lesley Bird | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2022-05-19 | Ceased 2022-09-22 |
| Mr Nicholas James William Bird | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-07-19 |
| Mr Patrick Reginald Frank Bird | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-09-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-09-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-09-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-29 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.