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Company No. 02055748 · Incorporated 17 Sep 1986

Baker & Taylor (UK) Ltd

Registered name: BAKER & TAYLOR (UK) LTD

Part of The Little Group Holdings Limited group

Baker & Taylor (UK) Ltd made £24m revenue and £535k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text

Baker & Taylor (UK) Ltd’s revenue fell 9% to £24m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £535k profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Eastbourne; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46900Non-specialised wholesale tradeSIC 58110Book publishing
Status
Active
Location
Eastbourne, South East
Age
40 yrs · since 1986
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: “The immediate and ultimate parent company of Baker & Taylor (UK) Ltd is The Little Group Limited.”

Latest accounts · year to 28 Feb 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£24m
Growth ▼8.5%
Profit
£535k
Growth ▼36.9%
Profit margin
2.2%
Gross 25%
Employees
71
Change ▼4%
Profit / employee
£7.5k
Revenue/employee £337k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to29 Feb 202428 Feb 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£26.2m£24m
Cost of sales£19.5m£18m
Gross profit£6.7m£6m
Operating profit£1.1m£628k
Profit before tax£1.1m£715k
Profit after tax£848k£535k
Profit (best available)£848k£535k
Staff costs£2.5m£2.4m
Employees (average)7471
Ratios
Profit margin3.2%2.2%
Gross margin25.5%25%
Revenue per employee£354k£337k
Profit per employee£11.5k£7.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼8.5%
Profit growth—▼36.9%
Headcount growth—▼4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£5.2m£5.7m
Net assets£9.3m£9.7m
Fixed assets£440k£996k
Current assets£13.5m£12.5m
Debtors£1.4m£1.5m
Deferred income£347k£529k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
25%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£337k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£7.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
4.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
6.4%
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
▲4%
Now £9.7m
Cash at bank
▲9%
Now £5.7m
Headcount
▼4%
Now 71
Deferred income
▲53%
Now £529k
Fixed assets
▲126%
Now £996k

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. The Little Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. The Little Group Limited75–100%
  3. Baker & Taylor (UK) Ltdthis company

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

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (6)

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

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £535k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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