BRIGHT BLUE FOODS LIMITED

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

  -5.1%

  £238,508,000 → £226,265,000

• Cash

  +24%

  £25,343,000 → £31,429,000

• Net assets

  +30.3%

  £27,763,000 → £36,187,000

• Employees

  -0.4%

  1,533 → 1,527

• Operating profit

  -26.2%

  £13,935,000 → £10,287,000

• Profit before tax

  -21.5%

  £13,677,000 → £10,734,000

• Wages

  +3.1%

  £40,088,000 → £41,343,000

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.

1. BRIGHT BLUE FOODS LIMITED 2013-11-12 → present
2. MCCAMBRIDGE FOODS LTD 2012-12-11 → 2013-11-12
3. GELLAW 400 LIMITED 2012-09-12 → 2012-12-11

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have prepared base and sensitised cash flow projections for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The assumptions to which the base projections are derived account for the latest sales trends and anticipated cost growth. The sensitised forecasts reflect how revenue, costs and therefore cash flow could be impacted by a worsening to the base position. The Group's finance facility, although unutilised at the balance sheet date, is subject to a springing covenant that is triggered when facility headroom drops below £4.0m. Management are confident that facility headroom will remain above £4.0m until the expiry of the current facility in June 2026, from which point the Group will have sufficient liquidity to no longer require a financing facility. A group subsidiary does have an overdraft facility of £2,0m, which is used for day-to-day cash management. All covenants were complied with during the year. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BRIGHT BLUE FOODS LIMITED · parent
   1. Cukiernia Mistrza Jana sp.z.o.o 100% · Poland · Manufacturing
   2. Sargents Bakeries Limited 100% · UK · Manufacturing

Significant events

• “A new warehouse facility in Blackburn has been commissioned in August 2025 to improve efficiencies.”
• “Capital expenditure increased to £2.7m, with £1.0m related to a project to reduce product costs in future years.”
• “Operational efficiency programme continues across all bakeries, including investment in automation.”
• “26% reduction in total accidents across the Group.”
• “New long-term agreements with two strategic customers.”
• “Christmas customer contracts supplied in full.”
• “New production facility in the Hull site successfully commissioned.”
• “Ninth consecutive year of independently recognised product awards.”
• “ISO 14001 Environmental accreditation in Blackburn sites.”
• “Maintained BRC Food Safety accreditation across all core sites (all sites are AA+ or A+).”
• “SBTi targets submitted and verified.”
• “Total carbon emissions reduced by 9.6% year-on-year.”

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

Filings

16

last 12 months

Capital events

2

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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