WILLIAM STEPHEN (BAKERS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-12 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£933K
-3.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
0% vs 2024
Employees
261
+4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
+12.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,496,653 | £21,992,858 | |
| Operating profit | £5,267,069 | £5,856,393 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,260,470 | £5,905,199 | |
| Net profit | £3,951,843 | £4,393,419 | |
| Cash | £963,933 | £933,051 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,697,159 | £3,001,509 | |
| Net assets | £1,641,335 | £1,641,335 | |
| Equity | £1,641,335 | £1,641,335 | |
| Average employees | 249 | 261 | |
| Wages | £5,477,560 | £6,089,818 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
+7.3%
£20,496,653 £21,992,858
-
Cash
-3.2%
£963,933 £933,051
-
Net assets
0%
£1,641,335 £1,641,335
-
Employees
+4.8%
249 261
-
Operating profit
+11.2%
£5,267,069 £5,856,393
-
Profit before tax
+12.3%
£5,260,470 £5,905,199
-
Wages
+11.2%
£5,477,560 £6,089,818
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 25.7% | 26.6% | |
| Net margin | 19.3% | 20.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 195.3% | 195.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.6% | 67.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | 135.65x | 441.46x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed operating forecasts under various trading scenarios and believe the business is well-positioned to navigate current challenges. The business retains a strong foundation and is operating within its cash reserves. Therefore, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the business will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and the directors have concluded this does not represent a material uncertainty with regards to going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 19th January 2026 a new site was acquired on Kerse Road, Stirling. Future plans include a new drive-thru for this site.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SARAFILOVIC, Alexander | Secretary | 1998-07-01 | — | British |
| BAYLIS, Talia Sarafilovic | Director | 2020-12-24 | Jul 1992 | British |
| SARAFILOVIC, Andre | Director | — | Dec 1963 | British |
| SARAFILOVIC, Rona Gay | Director | 2000-01-14 | Aug 1964 | British |
| SARAFILOVIC, Sean Ricardo | Director | 2020-12-24 | Jul 1990 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARAFILOVIC, Radovan | Secretary | — | 1998-06-30 |
| CHISHOLM, Ewen Donald Ross | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2016-10-29 |
| HAMILTON, Andrew Aitkenhead | Director | 2017-03-06 | 2018-05-01 |
| MARR, Lesley Fiona | Director | 1986-04-17 | 1998-06-20 |
| SARAFILOVIC, Philip Robert | Director | — | 1996-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pars Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.