BAIRD & CO. LIMITED
Operating as a privately owned subsidiary of Baird Investments Limited, the company is a London-based precious metals refiner and bullion merchant that manufactures and trades gold, silver, and platinum products.
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Cash
£13m
+249.5% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£18m
+11.3% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
58
+3.6% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.4m
+205.7% highest in 6 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of BAIRD & CO. LIMITED's latest filing
British gold refiner Baird & Co just filed a massive year. Turnover is up 26% to £471m, and operating profit nearly tripled. 🥇📉
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-06-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £527,434,527 | £349,003,445 | £473,595,782 | £145,376,067 | £375,385,044 | £471,134,326 | +25.5% | |
| Operating profit | £3,618,246 | £3,231,807 | £928,234 | £437,285 | £1,522,746 | £4,441,317 | +191.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,619,046 | £3,231,807 | £865,994 | £356,220 | £1,447,540 | £4,425,260 | +205.7% | |
| Net profit | £3,000,519 | £2,620,947 | £618,423 | £249,285 | £1,256,689 | £3,301,000 | +162.7% | |
| Cash | £5,539,392 | £8,463,462 | £5,461,100 | £5,619,674 | £3,860,765 | £13,492,640 | +249.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,244,713 | £15,333,694 | £16,851,114 | £16,104,986 | £16,494,836 | £18,379,558 | +11.4% | |
| Net assets | £13,978,574 | £15,099,521 | £16,601,003 | £15,850,288 | £16,106,977 | £17,922,881 | +11.3% | |
| Equity | £13,978,574 | £15,099,521 | £16,601,003 | £15,850,288 | £16,106,977 | £17,922,881 | +11.3% | |
| Average employees | 55 | 48 | 49 | 55 | 56 | 58 | +3.6% | |
| Wages | £2,169,173 | £1,664,166 | £2,989,738 | £1,251,266 | £2,617,801 | £2,928,430 | +11.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £380,747 | £207,257 | £321,086 | £17,395 | £210,157 | £214,757 | +2.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £263 | £2,465 | £3,522 | +42.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £9,053 | £108,176 | £112,744 | +4.2% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-06-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.4% | 21.1% | 5.5% | 2.7% | 9.2% | 24.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.5% | 67.6% | 69.5% | 67.9% | 70.8% | 77.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.21x | 1.18x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 14.91x | 5.39x | 20.25x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BAIRD & CO. LIMITED 1996-12-30 → present
- METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS LIMITED 1988-08-30 → 1996-12-30
- RAPID 6315 LIMITED 1988-06-21 → 1988-08-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- 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
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAIRD, Alexander Stephen | Director | 2018-05-16 | Jan 1983 | British |
| BAIRD, Lorena | Director | 2017-10-11 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOGAN, Frances Amanda | Secretary | — | 2017-11-27 |
| BAIRD, Anthony Stephen | Director | — | 2015-04-12 |
| BEESLEY, Paul Robert | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| BILLINS, Roger Graham | Director | 2010-07-06 | 2020-09-30 |
| DOBRA, Anthony Michael | Director | 2010-07-06 | 2019-01-31 |
| EDGECLIFFE-JOHNSON, Richard Andrew | Director | 2017-10-11 | 2019-09-30 |
| HAMMOND, Nicholas Jon | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2018-03-12 |
| LEE, Thelma Maxine | Director | 2018-08-22 | 2022-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baird Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-07-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change 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.