The Bay Tree Food Co Limited
Registered name: THE BAY TREE FOOD CO LIMITED
Part of Bramble Foods Group Limited groupThe Bay Tree Food Co Limited made £5.2m revenue and £75.2k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Bay Tree Food Co Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £5.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £75.2k profit and 59 employees. The company is classified under “other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Leicestershire; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicestershire, East Midlands
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £4.2m | £4.8m | £5.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£3m | −£3.3m | −£3.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £32.8k | −£33.9k | £105k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£21k | −£40.3k | £99.8k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £2.3k | −£40k | £75.2k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £2.3k | −£40k | £75.2k |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 63 | 59 | 60 | 59 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.1% | −0.8% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 28.3% | 30.2% | 32.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £71.8k | £79.7k | £88.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £39 | −£667 | £1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲12.9% | ▲8.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼1842% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▼6.3% | ▲1.7% | ▼1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £9.8k | £77k | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £790k | £602k | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £692k | £580k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £382k | £428k | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £9.3k | £6.8k | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £88.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bramble Foods Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Bay Tree Food Co Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Bramble Foods Group Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Whitakers Chocolates LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £75.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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