M.J. BAKER FOODSERVICE LIMITED

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  As described in that note, the trade and assets of the Company were transferred to Westcountry Fruit Sales Limited (a subsidiary under common ownership of Kitwave Group plc) on 1 November 2024. The Company has not traded since this date and the Directors do not intend for it to trade in the foreseeable future, and accordingly the directors have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern.

• ◆

  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

• Turnover

  +6.2%

  £26,852,000 → £28,524,000

  highest in 4 filed years

• Cash

  +8,463.6%

  £11,000 → £942,000

• Net assets

  +20.7%

  £8,475,000 → £10,229,000

• Employees

  +18%

  89 → 105

  highest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  -2.7%

  £2,215,000 → £2,155,000

• Profit before tax

  -8.6%

  £2,159,000 → £1,974,000

• Wages

  +17.5%

  £2,962,000 → £3,479,000

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“As described in that note, the trade and assets of the Company were transferred to Westcountry Fruit Sales Limited (a subsidiary under common ownership of Kitwave Group plc) on 1 November 2024. The Company has not traded since this date and the Directors do not intend for it to trade in the foreseeable future, and accordingly the directors have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern.”

Significant events

• “On 1 December 2024 the trade and assets of M.J. Baker Foodservice Limited were hived across into Westcountry Fruit Sales Limited (a subsidiary under common ownership Kitwave plc), and the Company ceased to trade from that date.”

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

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

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