BAKERS COACHES LIMITED — The Accounts

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

BAKERS COACHES LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=12032

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31

Metric	2024-10-31	2025-10-31	Δ vs prior
Turnover	£14,505,822	£15,291,193	+5.4%
Operating profit	£1,042,576	£723,541	-30.6%
Profit before tax	£1,111,685	£786,060	-29.3%
Net profit	£790,525	£513,030	-35.1%
Cash	£3,510,530	£2,988,720	-14.9%
Total assets less current liabilities	£6,102,248	£6,899,815	+13.1%
Net assets	£4,566,736	£4,979,766	+9%
Equity	£4,566,736	£4,979,766	+9%
Average employees	153	156	+2%
Wages	£4,465,527	£4,530,363	+1.5%
Directors' remuneration	£732,617	£712,985	-2.7%

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	2024-10-31	2025-10-31
Operating margin	7.2%	4.7%
Net margin	5.4%	3.4%
Return on capital employed	17.1%	10.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	55.9%	57.6%
Current ratio	1.06x	0.80x
Interest cover	61.34x	14.94x

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

BAKERS COACHES LIMITED 2000-06-12 → present
J N BAKER LIMITED 1999-04-27 → 2000-06-12
ACRAMAN (166) LIMITED 1998-09-22 → 1999-04-27

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Consolidated group
Auditor: PKF Francis Clark
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“At the time of writing (May 2026) the directors are delighted that management accounts for Q1 are ahead of budget expectations. The directors have prepared forecasts for the period to July 2027 and are confident that the company will continue to remain profitable in 2025/26. Therefore, the directors are confident that the company will continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

BAKERS COACHES LIMITED · parent
1. J N Baker Limited 100% · UK · coach operator and package tour operator

Significant events

“The group has acquired land in North Somerset and is part way through the construction of phase one build of new headquarters, coach workshop and parking facility. The process of finalising specifications and appointing partner contractors for phase two is ongoing and as yet a final cost projection is awaited.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

9 active · 8 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HUNT, Stephen Keith	Secretary	2002-11-01	—	British
ABBEY, Kevin Fasham	Director	1999-03-25	Dec 1946	British
BAKER, John Theodore Nowell	Director	1998-10-25	May 1944	British
BAKER, Margaret Joyce	Director	1999-03-25	Jun 1939	British
FLETCHER, Amanda Jane Theresa	Director	2001-11-01	Sep 1966	British
FLETCHER, Lionel Max	Director	2001-11-01	Apr 1966	British
HUNT, Stephen Keith	Director	2009-11-01	Jan 1973	British
SIMS, Christopher John, Mr.	Director	1999-03-25	Jun 1956	British
SMITH, Andrew Granville	Director	1999-03-25	Aug 1947	British

Show 8 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
SMITH, Andrew Granville	Secretary	1999-03-25	2002-11-01
STAUNTON, Robin Mark	Nominee Secretary	1998-09-22	1998-10-25
SHANNON COURT TRUSTEES LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	1998-10-25	1999-06-30
BAKER, Robert Herbert Reading	Director	1998-10-25	2018-12-30
NEWCOMBE, Timothy	Director	2000-01-01	2008-05-31
PYPER, Timothy Edward	Nominee Director	1998-09-22	1998-10-25
STAUNTON, Robin Mark	Nominee Director	1998-09-22	1998-10-25
WARNOCK-SMITH, Michael	Director	1999-06-30	1999-10-14

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Robert Herbert Reading Baker	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2018-12-17
Mr John Theodore Nowell Baker	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 101 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-06-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2026-06-24	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-03-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-03-16	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date
2025-07-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-01-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-01-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-10-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-10-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2022-10-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-03-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-09-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-06-01	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2021-05-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-01-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-11-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2019-11-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 5
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.