PRESTIGE BAKERIES LIMITED
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Cash
£95k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£6.4m
Equity attributable
Employees
139
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£702k
Period ending 2023-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,202,046 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£600,782 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£702,006 | — | |
| Net profit | -£710,006 | — | |
| Cash | £95,429 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£6,313,485 | — | |
| Net assets | -£6,360,612 | — | |
| Equity | — | — | |
| Average employees | 139 | — | |
| Wages | £3,429,890 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £105,077 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,321 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.6% | |
| Net margin | -5.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 207.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.23x | |
| Interest cover | -3.98x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- William Evans & Partners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group meets its day to day working capital requirements through its banking facilities and funding from its parent company Pemcap Food Investments Limited. The trading environment during the current financial year has been challenging due to the significant price increases in energy and ingredients.”
Group structure
- PRESTIGE BAKERIES LIMITED · parent
- Mathiesons' Bakery Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KALLEN, Martin | Director | 2012-08-29 | Nov 1936 | Dutch |
| WILLS, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2014-10-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TONKIN, Oliver | Secretary | 2010-06-22 | 2016-12-01 |
| ANDERSON, Stuart | Director | 2012-08-29 | 2020-07-01 |
| BRAINSBY, Nicholas Todd | Director | 2012-05-23 | 2024-02-05 |
| LANCASTER, Paul | Director | 2012-08-29 | 2013-06-18 |
| TONKIN, Oliver Charles | Director | 2010-06-22 | 2016-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pemcap Food Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2017-04-07 |
| Mr Martin Kallen | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Willem Van Heijst | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended |
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.