COUGHLANS BAKERIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-07-01 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-01 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£291K
+9.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£304K
+49.9% vs 2024
Employees
176
+6.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£94K
+59% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,663,024 | — | — | — | £6,208,259 | £6,767,846 | |
| Operating profit | £591,371 | — | — | — | -£191,261 | -£60,579 | |
| Profit before tax | £571,745 | — | — | — | -£229,597 | -£94,060 | |
| Net profit | £500,731 | — | — | — | -£229,597 | -£98,783 | |
| Cash | £438,162 | £921,746 | £765,836 | £134,159 | £265,430 | £290,870 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,024,315 | £5,565,861 | £4,304,053 | £3,922,941 | £543,462 | £585,450 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £3,057,602 | £202,837 | £304,054 | |
| Equity | £3,873,908 | £4,448,125 | £3,513,022 | £3,057,602 | £202,837 | £304,054 | |
| Average employees | 178 | 178 | 160 | 163 | 165 | 176 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+9%
£6,208,259 £6,767,846
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+9.6%
£265,430 £290,870
-
Net assets
+49.9%
£202,837 £304,054
-
Employees
+6.7%
165 176
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Operating profit
+68.3%
-£191,261 -£60,579
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Profit before tax
+59%
-£229,597 -£94,060
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.7% | — | — | — | -3.1% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | 10.7% | — | — | — | -3.7% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.8% | — | — | — | -35.2% | -10.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 84.9% | 77.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.92x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | 30.13x | — | — | — | -4.99x | -1.81x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COUGHLANS BAKERIES LIMITED 1978-12-31 → present
- JOHN COUGHLAN(BAKERS)LIMITED 1937-10-04 → 1978-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Bryden Johnson Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COUGHLAN, Virginia Tracy | Secretary | — | — | British |
| COUGHLAN, Peter John | Director | — | Apr 1939 | British |
| COUGHLAN, Sean Patrick | Director | 1998-01-02 | Dec 1971 | British |
| COUGHLAN, Virginia Tracy | Director | 1998-01-02 | Dec 1964 | British |
| TAYLOR, Jacqueline Jane | Director | 1998-01-02 | Aug 1968 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROFF, Helmut | Director | — | 1993-03-26 |
| SAUNDERS, Peter Anthony Arthur | Director | — | 1997-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vetty Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-08-18 | Active |
| Smitham Lodge Estates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2023-11-30 | Active |
| Mr Sean Patrick Coughlan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-03-01 | Ceased 2023-11-30 |
| Mrs Virginia Tracy Coughlan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-03-01 | Ceased 2023-11-30 |
| Mrs Jacqueline Jane Taylor | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-03-01 | Ceased 2023-11-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-29 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-09-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-03-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.