Bakers + Baristas UK Limited
Registered name: BAKERS + BARISTAS UK LIMITED
Bakers + Baristas UK Limited made £14.2m revenue and £282k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Bakers + Baristas UK Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £14.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £282k profit and 242 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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: “Bakers + Baristas Holdings Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.4m | £12.6m | £13.4m | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | £1.8m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £9.7m | £10.3m | £10.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £447k | £261k | £282k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £672k | £261k | £282k |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £672k | £261k | £282k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £672k | £261k | £282k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4.3m | £4.7m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 222 | 246 | 249 | 242 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.3% | 5.3% | 1.9% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 78.5% | 77.1% | 76.9% | 73.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £37.9k | £51.4k | £53.8k | £58.6k |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £2.7k | £1k | £1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲50.3% | ▲6% | ▲5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼53.9% | ▼61.2% | ▲8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.8% | ▲1.2% | ▼2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1m | £793k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £4.3m | £4.6m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £5m | £5.5m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £474k | £212k | £504k | £370k |
| Deferred income | £1m | £736k | £832k | £865k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 73.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲36%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 242
- Deferred income
- ▲4%
- Now £865k
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £282k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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