BAIRD INVESTMENTS LTD.
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Cash
£13m
+249.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£18m
+10.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
58
+3.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.4m
+223.6% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of BAIRD INVESTMENTS LTD.'s latest filing
UK bullion merchant Baird & Co turned over £471m this year — and they did it with just 58 staff. 🥇
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £145,376,067 | £375,385,044 | £471,134,326 | +25.5% | |
| Operating profit | £231,409 | £1,423,996 | £4,381,275 | +207.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £150,344 | £1,348,790 | £4,365,218 | +223.6% | |
| Net profit | — | £1,157,939 | £3,240,958 | +179.9% | |
| Cash | £5,619,674 | £3,860,765 | £13,492,640 | +249.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,251,097 | £16,542,197 | £18,366,907 | +11% | |
| Net assets | £15,996,399 | £16,154,338 | £17,910,230 | +10.9% | |
| Equity | £15,996,399 | £16,154,338 | £17,910,230 | +10.9% | |
| Average employees | 55 | 56 | 58 | +3.6% | |
| Wages | £1,248,871 | £2,607,644 | £2,928,430 | +12.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £17,395 | £210,157 | £214,757 | +2.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £263 | £2,465 | £3,522 | +42.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £9,053 | £108,136 | £112,744 | +4.3% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.3% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | 8.6% | 23.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 77.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.22x | 1.18x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | 2.85x | 18.93x | — |
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
- BAIRD INVESTMENTS LTD. 2005-05-10 → present
- SIMPART NO. 264 LIMITED 2004-03-23 → 2005-05-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- 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 Group's or the Parent 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
- BAIRD INVESTMENTS LTD. · parent
- Baird & Co. Limited 83.54%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAIRD, Alexander Stephen | Director | 2017-10-27 | Jan 1983 | British |
| BAIRD, Lorena | Director | 2017-10-11 | Jan 1967 | British |
| BILLINS, Roger Graham | Director | 2010-07-06 | Sep 1954 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOGAN, Frances Amanda | Secretary | 2005-02-07 | 2017-11-27 |
| SIMPART SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-03-23 | 2005-02-07 |
| BAIRD, Anthony Stephen | Director | 2005-01-25 | 2015-04-12 |
| HAMMOND, Nicholas Jon | Director | 2015-04-04 | 2017-10-11 |
| SIMPART DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-03-23 | 2005-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lorena Baird | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Alexander Stephen Baird | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.