BETTYS & TAYLORS GROUP LTD
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Cash
£27M
+13.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£168M
+8.8% vs 2024
Employees
1,613
+2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£29M
+0.6% vs 2024
Watch the reel
Our short-form breakdown of BETTYS & TAYLORS GROUP LTD's latest filing
A look inside the latest accounts for Bettys & Taylors Group. Turnover barely moved, but the dividend payout grew. ☕️
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £319,222,000 | £325,723,000 | +2% | |
| Operating profit | £29,227,000 | £27,655,000 | -5.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £28,837,000 | £29,002,000 | +0.6% | |
| Net profit | £20,778,000 | £21,290,000 | +2.5% | |
| Cash | £24,242,000 | £27,409,000 | +13.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £157,673,000 | £173,697,000 | +10.2% | |
| Net assets | £154,221,000 | £167,742,000 | +8.8% | |
| Equity | £154,221,000 | £167,742,000 | +8.8% | |
| Average employees | 1,568 | 1,613 | +2.9% | |
| Wages | £60,245,000 | £64,353,000 | +6.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,416,000 | £1,529,000 | +8% |
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 8.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 6.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.5% | 15.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.94x | 3.02x | |
| Interest cover | 38.21x | — |
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
- BETTYS & TAYLORS GROUP LTD 1993-11-29 → present
- PROSPECT FOODS LIMITED 1951-10-30 → 1993-11-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Group or the Company or to cease their operations, and as they have concluded that the Group and the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over their ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- BETTYS & TAYLORS GROUP LTD · parent
- Bettys Bakery Ltd 100%
- Bettys of Harrogate Ltd 100%
- Bettys of York Ltd 100%
- Kings Master Bakers Ltd 100%
- Prospect Foods (York) Ltd 100%
- Taylors of Harrogate Ltd 100%
- Taylors of York Ltd 100%
- Taylors Tea & Coffee Ltd 100%
- The D:Caff Company Ltd 100%
- Yorkshire Tea Blenders Ltd 100%
- Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COGAN, Paul Murray | Secretary | 2012-04-23 | — | — |
| AKHTAR, Rimla | Director | 2021-03-01 | Sep 1982 | British |
| BROWN, Andrew Stephen Francis La Hausse | Director | 2023-06-08 | Mar 1964 | British |
| COGAN, Paul Murray | Director | 2012-04-23 | Jun 1969 | British |
| DEE, Christopher John | Director | 2026-04-01 | Dec 1968 | British |
| GUNN, Fiona Catherine | Director | 2019-04-03 | Feb 1958 | British |
| MORROW, Clare | Director | 2014-01-01 | Sep 1960 | British |
| WILDSMITH, Andrew James | Director | 2018-01-25 | Mar 1977 | British |
| WRAGG, Jonathan Leslie | Director | 2026-04-01 | Feb 1960 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BODEN, Martin Brett | Secretary | 2010-08-01 | 2011-07-01 |
| BROWN, Andrew Stephen Francis La Hausse | Secretary | 2001-04-05 | 2010-04-19 |
| CHAPMAN, Timothy Adrian Tydd | Secretary | — | 2001-04-05 |
| BAKER, Andrew Stanley | Director | 2011-05-03 | 2011-09-09 |
| BARNES, Elizabeth | Director | — | 1996-10-30 |
| BROWN, Andrew Stephen Francis La Hausse | Director | 2001-01-17 | 2010-04-19 |
| CHAPMAN, Timothy Adrian Tydd | Director | — | 2001-10-31 |
| FELLOWS, Rachel Elizabeth Louise | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2023-06-08 |
| FLANAGAN, Brian John | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2016-12-13 |
| GODFREY, Mary | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2016-10-31 |
| GREENALL, Sally Ann | Director | 1998-07-16 | 2009-04-24 |
| HANSON, Philip David | Director | 2016-03-18 | 2025-03-19 |
| ROSE, Victoria Mary | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2016-03-18 |
| ROSENVINGE, Stephen John, Sol | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2013-06-28 |
| ROSENVINGE, Stephen John, Sol | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2010-03-01 |
| ROSENVINGE, Stephen John, Sol | Director | — | 2007-04-20 |
| SMITH, Berenice Susan | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2022-04-28 |
| WATTS, Christine Gwendolon | Director | 1997-06-24 | 2010-06-24 |
| WHITEHEAD, Gordon Alan | Director | — | 1998-03-24 |
| WILD, Antony | Director | — | 1992-06-22 |
| WILD, Carl Victor | Director | — | 1996-10-30 |
| WILD, Jonathan | Director | — | 2011-04-01 |
| WILD, Kay | Director | — | 1996-10-30 |
| WILD, Lesley Margaret | Director | — | 2020-03-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jonathan Wild | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 230 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-11-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-10-23 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-07-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.