BAXTERS FOOD GROUP LIMITED

Active
Company number SC023572Private limited companyIncorporated 1945

Key figures

£96,128,000-7.2%
Net assets 2024/25
-7.2%
Average annual change 2023/24–2024/25
050 m100 m150 m2023/242024/25

† BAXTERS FOOD GROUP LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 10320

Where the company stands among the 550 active companies whose first SIC code is 10320 (Manufacture of fruit and vegetable juice).

Net assets£96,128,000
Higher than 99% · median £364
Total assets£395,211,000
Higher than 99% · median £14,442
Cash£418,000
Higher than 86% · median £9,508
Employees1,646
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age81.0 years
Older than 99% · median 1.8 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BAXTERS FOOD GROUP LIMITED£96.1m
  2. ALPRO (UK) LIMITED£61.1m
  3. FRESH TRADING LIMITED£42.8m
  4. GERALD MCDONALD & COMPANY LIMITED£17.4m
  5. JUICEWORKS LIMITED£4.6m
  6. CAWSTON PRESS LIMITED£3.6m
  7. BENBURB BRAMLEYS LIMITED£2.7m
  8. DAVIN FOODS LIMITED£2.3m
  9. GOOD NATURED (HAPPY MONKEY) LTD£2m
  10. MOCKINGBIRD RAW PRESS LIMITED£2m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 550. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: BAXTERS FOOD GROUP LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

BAXTERS FOOD GROUP LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number SC023572. It was incorporated on 7 Nov 1945. Its status is active. The registered office is in Edinburgh (EH2). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of fruit and vegetable juice (10320), other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables (10390), manufacture of prepared meals and dishes (10850), manufacture of other food products n.e.c. (10890).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 29 Mar 2025); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £387,726,000. Loss for the year was £7,745,000. Net assets were £96,128,000, down 7.2% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £418,000. Total assets were £395,211,000 and total liabilities £299,083,000. The company had an average of 1,646 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 550 active companies whose first SIC code is 10320: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £364). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £14,442). By cash it ranks higher than 86% of them (median £9,508). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 1.8 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £12.4k, from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly vegetable and fruit preparations, glues and enzymes, plastics. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly vegetable and fruit preparations, miscellaneous food preparations, beverages and spirits. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 62 days to pay suppliers, and 89% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 0.1% higher than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 18 of 31 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 25 Jan 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Turnover376,295,000387,726,000
Profit for the year-13,524,000-7,745,000
Cash at bank and in hand1,300,000418,000
Total assets396,532,000395,211,000
Total liabilities—299,083,000
Net assets / total equity103,596,00096,128,000
Average number of employees—1,646

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

2 grants

BAXTERS FOOD GROUP LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2023, together worth £12.4k.

Grants
  1. SALT-SUST: Novel salt replacement strategy using an underexploited soy industry co-productDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £8,804 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  2. SALT-SUST: Novel salt replacement strategy using an underexploited soy industry co-productDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £3,586 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sep 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
62 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
89%
Standard payment terms
1–120 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 17%
  • 31 to 60 days 34%
  • After 60 days 49%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2026
60
20%
85%
30 Sep 2025
61
20%
85%
31 Mar 2025
63
18%
90%
30 Sep 2024
57
22%
89%
31 Mar 2024
68
14%
92%
30 Sep 2023
52
24%
93%
31 Mar 2023
57
20%
94%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 0.1% higher
Mean hourly pay
women 12.7% higher
Median bonus pay
women 50% lower
Employer size
500 to 999 employees
Lower pay quarter38.9% womenLower middle33.3% womenUpper middle38.1% womenUpper pay quarter35.7% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 1.1% higher
women 13.3% higher
2023/24
women 1% higher
women 2.5% lower
2022/23
women 9.8% higher
women 11% higher
2021/22
women 7.8% higher
women 1.4% higher
2020/21
women 9.8% lower
women 4.7% lower
2018/19
women 3% lower
women 4.2% higher
2017/18
women 6.7% lower
women 7.3% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements7
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (W.A. BAXTER & SONS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (W.A. BAXTER & SONS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (W.A. BAXTER & SONS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED)
Earlier years (4)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (W.A. BAXTER & SONS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (W.A. BAXTER & SONS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (W.A. BAXTER & SONS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED)
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (W.A. BAXTER & SONS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED)

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: vegetable and fruit preparations, glues and enzymes, plastics, dairy, eggs and honey and beverages and spirits.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: vegetable and fruit preparations, miscellaneous food preparations, beverages and spirits, meat and fish preparations and cereal and bakery products.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

5 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £387.7m, net assets £96.1m, 1,646 employees
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £376.3m, net assets £103.6m
  3. W.A. Baxter & Sons (Holdings) Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Name changed to BAXTERS FOOD GROUP LIMITEDPreviously W.A. BAXTER & SONS LIMITED
  5. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.