FINE LADY BAKERIES LIMITED
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Cash
£242
-55.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+8% vs 2024
Employees
739
-3.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£822K
-48.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £185,267,710 | £163,877,195 | -11.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,982,855 | £2,631,670 | -11.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,587,314 | £822,329 | -48.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,110,792 | £116,555 | -89.5% | |
| Cash | £546 | £242 | -55.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,796,789 | £27,734,900 | +3.5% | |
| Net assets | £14,100,772 | £15,235,202 | +8% | |
| Equity | £14,100,772 | £15,235,202 | +8% | |
| Average employees | 763 | 739 | -3.1% | |
| Wages | £28,968,562 | £29,663,485 | +2.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £845,017 | £1,076,134 | +27.4% |
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 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.1% | 9.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | 1.85x | 1.55x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Clifford Roberts
- 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.”
Group structure
- FINE LADY BAKERIES LIMITED · parent
- Chiltern Bakeries Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHIA, Stephen | Secretary | 2010-11-03 | — | British |
| ADISA, Kayode Joseph | Director | 2024-06-11 | Dec 1972 | British |
| HEYGATE, Arthur Robert | Director | 2010-03-19 | Oct 1974 | British |
| HEYGATE, Arthur Robert | Director | — | Jan 1945 | British |
| HEYGATE, Paul Michael | Director | — | Apr 1943 | British |
| HEYGATE, Thomas Peter | Director | 2025-06-01 | Oct 1976 | British |
| KRECKLER, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2010-03-19 | May 1977 | British |
| ROBERTS, Christopher Dathan | Director | 2007-10-31 | Sep 1969 | British |
| SKELDING, Philip John | Director | 2025-11-28 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENE, Anthony Charles | Secretary | 2007-10-31 | 2009-01-13 |
| SAYNOR, John Charles | Secretary | 2009-01-13 | 2010-11-03 |
| VAN DE POLL, David Hans | Secretary | — | 2007-10-31 |
| COOK, Stephen | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2025-11-30 |
| EMMETT, John | Director | 1998-04-06 | 2000-08-31 |
| HAY, Leon William | Director | — | 1993-05-07 |
| HEYGATE (SENIOR), Arthur Robert | Director | — | 1994-12-05 |
| HOWLETT, David Anthony Robert | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2025-11-30 |
| KEVEREN, Keith Norman | Director | — | 2004-03-23 |
| LUCAS, Ronald William | Director | — | 1998-01-30 |
| MOUTTER, Alan William | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2003-09-12 |
| ROBERTS, John Raddon | Director | — | 2001-03-30 |
| STREET, Joseph Stanley | Director | — | 2021-03-27 |
| TETLEY, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 1995-11-21 | 2007-02-21 |
| VAN DE POLL, David Hans | Director | — | 2007-10-31 |
| WHITE, John Francis | Director | — | 2003-08-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heygate & Sons Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-01-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.