Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/04/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/07/2025Due 30/04/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/07/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/07/2025
THE COTTAGE BAKERY (AMPTHILL) LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 40 Kimbolton Road, Bedford MK40 2NR
- Classification (SIC)
- Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes (10.71 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 22/04/2026View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-07-31
- 08/04/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Jonathan Louis Solway as a director on 2025-07-01
- 04/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Simon Joseph Solway as a person with significant control on 2025-08-04
- 26/08/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Miss Leah Isobel Solway as a director on 2025-08-04
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
09/06/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 26/05/2026Due 09/06/2027
- Next statement date
- 26/05/2027
- Last statement dated
- 26/05/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures THE COTTAGE BAKERY (AMPTHILL) LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£109.33K2025
28.98%vs 20242024: £84.76K
Total Assets
£287.72K2025
-1.14%vs 20242024: £291.04K
Cash in Bank
£67.44K2025
-47.17%vs 20242024: £127.65K
Total Liabilities
£112.50K2025
-34.32%vs 20242024: £171.30K
Employees
412025
+5vs 20242024: 36
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, down 47.17% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for THE COTTAGE BAKERY (AMPTHILL) LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through THE COTTAGE BAKERY (AMPTHILL) LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +24.1% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | +5 |
| 2024 | 36 | +4 |
| 2023 | 32 | +2 |
| 2022 | 30 | +2 |
| 2021 | 28 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 28 in 2021 to 41 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
9Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary | 26/05/2005–28/04/2023 | 0 | |
| Director | 26/05/2005–28/04/2023 | 1 | |
| Nominee Director | 26/05/2005–26/05/2005 | 66415 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 26/05/2005–26/05/2005 | 67417 | |
| Director | 26/05/2005–28/04/2023 | 1 | |
| Director | 01/07/2025–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 04/08/2025–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 28/04/2023–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 28/04/2023–Present | 3 |
Persons with significant control
2Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 27/05/2016–Present | 1 | |
| 27/05/2016–28/04/2023 | 1 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 20
- Since 23/03/2023
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 22/04/2026
- 5 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 22/04/2026
- Officer changesLatest 08/04/2026
Filing timeline
- 22/04/2026View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-07-31
- 08/04/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Jonathan Louis Solway as a director on 2025-07-01
- 04/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Simon Joseph Solway as a person with significant control on 2025-08-04
- 26/08/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Miss Leah Isobel Solway as a director on 2025-08-04
- 28/05/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-05-26 with no updates
- 03/04/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-07-31
- 28/05/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-05-26 with no updates
- 24/04/2024View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-07-31
- 07/07/2023View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-05-26 with updates
- 28/04/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Judith Solway as a person with significant control on 2023-04-28
- 28/04/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Gary Michael John Williams as a person with significant control on 2023-04-28
- 28/04/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from First Floor, Woburn Court 2 Railton Road, Woburn Road Industrial Estate, Kempston Bedford MK42 7PN United Kingdom to 40 Kimbolton Road Bedford MK40 2NR on 2023-04-28
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About THE COTTAGE BAKERY (AMPTHILL) LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
THE COTTAGE BAKERY (AMPTHILL) LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 40 Kimbolton Road, Bedford MK40 2NR. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes. It has been on the register for 21 years 4 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £109.33K and 41 employees.
THE COTTAGE BAKERY (AMPTHILL) LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records THE COTTAGE BAKERY (AMPTHILL) LIMITED under one registered business activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes (10.71 - SIC 2007).
THE COTTAGE BAKERY (AMPTHILL) LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 26/05/2005.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £109.33K, total assets of £287.72K, cash in bank of £67.44K and total liabilities of £112.50K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 22/04/2026: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-07-31, 5 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/04/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 09/06/2027.
Companies House lists 9 officers (4 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control (1 current).