BARONIE UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-16 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-0.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£25M
+65.2% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
476
+4.6% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£13M
+70.7% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-05-01 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £26,762,161 | £29,512,668 | — | £23,207,952 | — | £106,313,058 | £131,925,201 | |
| Operating profit | — | £789,081 | £847,037 | — | -£321,819 | — | £7,953,330 | £13,587,875 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £779,641 | £845,718 | — | -£318,471 | — | £7,792,890 | £13,300,458 | |
| Net profit | — | £670,325 | £728,563 | — | -£243,151 | — | £5,930,592 | £9,925,341 | |
| Cash | £83,452 | £2,162 | £361 | £10,545 | £18,360 | — | £3,843,362 | £3,807,100 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,920,199 | £6,605,046 | — | £11,131,582 | — | £16,465,521 | £26,430,862 | |
| Net assets | — | £5,858,103 | £6,586,666 | — | £10,370,458 | — | £15,227,521 | £25,152,862 | |
| Equity | — | £5,858,103 | £6,586,666 | £6,942,894 | £10,370,458 | £10,370,458 | £15,227,521 | £25,152,862 | |
| Average employees | — | 98 | 101 | — | 45 | — | 455 | 476 | |
| Wages | — | £2,632,620 | £2,598,793 | — | £1,312,458 | — | £12,072,146 | £13,369,250 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £70,000 | £70,000 | — | £70,000 | — | £70,000 | £198,416 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+24.1%
£106,313,058 £131,925,201
highest in 5 filed years
-
Cash
-0.9%
£3,843,362 £3,807,100
-
Net assets
+65.2%
£15,227,521 £25,152,862
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+4.6%
455 476
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+70.8%
£7,953,330 £13,587,875
highest in 5 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+70.7%
£7,792,890 £13,300,458
highest in 5 filed years
-
Wages
+10.7%
£12,072,146 £13,369,250
highest in 5 filed years
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-05-01 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.9% | 2.9% | — | -1.4% | — | 7.5% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.5% | 2.5% | — | -1.0% | — | 5.6% | 7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 13.3% | 12.8% | — | -2.9% | — | 48.3% | 51.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.38x | 2.06x | |
| Interest cover | — | 83.59x | 642.18x | — | -96.12x | — | 32.62x | 30.33x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- BARONIE UK LIMITED · parent
- O.P. Chocolate Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Group since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE-READ, Julie Dawn | Director | 2024-09-11 | Aug 1966 | British |
| WALDER, Alphonsus Paul Lambert | Director | 2015-05-29 | Aug 1985 | Dutch |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROE, David Michael | Secretary | 2015-02-12 | 2015-05-28 |
| LAZENBY, Howard David | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2015-05-29 |
| ROE, David Michael | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2015-05-28 |
| VAN LOGTESTIJN, Johannes Maria Cornelis Gerardus | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2026-01-26 |
| WALDER, Alphonsus | Director | 2015-02-06 | 2026-01-23 |
| ZULMAN, David Jeffrey | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2015-05-28 |
| JBMC BVBA | Corporate Director | 2015-02-12 | 2015-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alphonsus Cornelis Lambertus Thaddeus Walder | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 50 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-09 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-10-22 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-13 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.