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Company No. 01116854 · Incorporated 6 Jun 1973

Baker Self-Adhesive Label Company Limited(The)

Registered name: BAKER SELF-ADHESIVE LABEL COMPANY LIMITED(THE)

Part of Bakers Group Holdings Ltd group

Baker Self-Adhesive Label Company Limited(The) made £19m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text

Baker Self-Adhesive Label Company Limited(The)’s revenue grew 19% to £19m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £2.6m profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of printed labels” and is based in Brentwood; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 18121Manufacture of printed labels
Status
Active
Location
Brentwood, East of England
Age
53 yrs · since 1973
Type
Private Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Mr S R Baker controls the company as he is the sole director and shareholder of the company.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Aug 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£19m
Growth ▲19%
Profit
£2.6m
Growth ▲1.1%
Profit margin
13.5%
Gross 36.4%
Employees
122
Change ▲7%
Profit / employee
£21k
Revenue/employee £156k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Aug 202331 Aug 202431 Aug 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£15.1m£16m£19m
Cost of sales£9.5m£10m£12.1m
Gross profit£5.6m£5.9m£6.9m
Operating profit£3.3m£3.2m£3m
Profit before tax£3.4m£3.4m£3.2m
Profit after tax£2.8m£2.5m£2.6m
Profit (best available)£2.8m£2.5m£2.6m
Staff costs£4.1m£4.1m£5.2m
Employees (average)111114122
Ratios
Profit margin18.8%15.9%13.5%
Gross margin37.2%37.2%36.4%
Revenue per employee£136k£140k£156k
Profit per employee£25.6k£22.3k£21k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲5.9%▲19%
Profit growth—▼10.5%▲1.1%
Headcount growth—▲2.7%▲7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£7.2m£7.5m£7.7m
Net assets£11.2m£13.6m£16.1m
Fixed assets£2.6m£3.4m£5.3m
Current assets£11.7m£13m£14.1m
Debtors£2.8m£3m£3.9m
Deferred income£198k£239k£293k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data May 2025FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
13.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
36.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£156k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£21k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
27.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
20.3%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

Balance-sheet signals

Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.

Net assets
▲18%
Now £16.1m
Cash at bank
▲3%
Now £7.7m
Headcount
▲7%
Now 122
Deferred income
▲22%
Now £293k
Fixed assets
▲56%
Now £5.3m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Bakers Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Baker Self-Adhesive Label Company Limited(The)this company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026

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