Haywood and Padgett Limited
Registered name: HAYWOOD AND PADGETT LIMITED
Part of Haywood and Padgett Holdings Limited groupHaywood and Padgett Limited made £4.2m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Haywood and Padgett Limited reported £4.2m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025, down 15% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 210 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Carlton Industrial Estate; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carlton Industrial Estate, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1987
- 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”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.6m | £43m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £30.9m | £31.6m | £34.3m | — |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £11.4m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £7.8m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £7.9m | £7.9m | £6.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £5.7m | £4.9m | £4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £5.7m | £4.9m | £4.2m |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £6.1m | £6.7m | £7.6m |
| Employees (average) | 192 | 192 | 206 | 210 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 13.3% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 13.2% | 26.5% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £186k | £224k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £8.5k | £29.9k | £24k | £20k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.8% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲253.3% | ▼13.7% | ▼14.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲7.3% | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.9m | £7.1m | £10.4m | £10.1m |
| Net assets | £24.4m | £29.6m | £30.5m | £34.4m |
| Fixed assets | £14.2m | £13.6m | £13.2m | £14.5m |
| Current assets | £14.6m | £21.3m | £22.7m | £24.2m |
| Debtors | £6.2m | £7.5m | £7.1m | £7.8m |
| Deferred income | £49.2k | £46.5k | £45.2k | £43.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
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
- ▲13%
- Now £34.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £10.1m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 210
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £43.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £14.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Haywood and Padgett Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Haywood and Padgett Limitedthis 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 Oct 2025 (profit £4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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