Annual accounts
Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
WENZELS THE BAKERS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Sunley House Old's Approach, Northwood, Watford WD18 9TB
- Classification (SIC)
- Retail sale of bread cakes flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores (47.24 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 04/06/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Lisa Gynell Hutcheson as a director on 2026-05-12
- 20/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-02 with no updates
- 29/12/2025View PDF (43 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 18/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Richard Andrew Phipps as a director on 2025-12-03
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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.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
16/02/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 02/02/2026Due 16/02/2027
- Next statement date
- 02/02/2027
- Last statement dated
- 02/02/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures WENZELS THE BAKERS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£6.59M2025
-21.71%vs 20242024: £8.42M
Total Assets
£36.60M2025
-0.97%vs 20242024: £36.96M
Cash in Bank
£1.80M2025
1.20K%vs 20242024: £138.26K
Total Liabilities
£17.14M2025
17.80%vs 20242024: £14.55M
Employees
1,1612025
-26vs 20242024: 1,187
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, up 17.80% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for WENZELS THE BAKERS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through WENZELS THE BAKERS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -24.2% 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 figures5 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 | 1,161 | -26 |
| 2024 | 1,187 | +95 |
| 2023 | 1,092 | +123 |
| 2022 | 969 | +311 |
| 2021 | 658 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 658 in 2021 to 1,161 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
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Officers
16Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 01/02/2021–31/01/2025 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/02/2021–12/05/2026 | 0 | |
| Director | 23/03/2022–30/11/2024 | 2 | |
| Director | 02/02/2007–14/12/2008 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 02/02/2007–23/02/2010 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/02/2021–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 03/12/2025–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 02/02/2007–23/02/2010 | 0 | |
| Director | 02/02/2007–Present | 7 | |
| Director | 01/04/2019–07/09/2021 | 0 | |
| Director | 02/02/2007–23/02/2010 | 0 | |
| Director | 03/06/2013–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 01/04/2019–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 01/04/2019–03/11/2023 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/04/2019–31/01/2025 | 1 | |
| Director | 01/01/2025–31/03/2026 | 9 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2016–29/10/2024 | 7 | |
| 29/10/2024–Present | 2 | |
| 30/06/2016–Present | 7 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 22
- Since 16/12/2022
- Last 12 months
- 7
- -2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 04/06/2026
- 3 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (2)Latest 04/06/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 20/02/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 29/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 04/06/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Lisa Gynell Hutcheson as a director on 2026-05-12
- 20/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-02 with no updates
- 29/12/2025View PDF (43 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 18/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Richard Andrew Phipps as a director on 2025-12-03
- 10/11/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of share class name or designation
- 10/11/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Resolutions
- 10/11/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Memorandum and Articles of Association
- 29/04/2025View PDF (44 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-04-07
- 17/02/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-02-02 with updates
- 10/02/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Neeraj Narendra Chotai as a director on 2024-11-30
- 10/02/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Dean Russell as a director on 2025-01-01
- 10/02/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Attila Juhasz as a director on 2025-01-31
Showing 12 of 22 filings
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About WENZELS THE BAKERS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
WENZELS THE BAKERS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Sunley House Old's Approach, Northwood, Watford WD18 9TB. Companies House classifies its business as Retail sale of bread cakes flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores. It has been on the register for 19 years 8 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £6.59M and 1161 employees.
WENZELS THE BAKERS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records WENZELS THE BAKERS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Retail sale of bread cakes flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores (47.24 - SIC 2007).
WENZELS THE BAKERS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 02/02/2007.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £6.59M, total assets of £36.60M, cash in bank of £1.80M and total liabilities of £17.14M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 04/06/2026: Termination of appointment of Lisa Gynell Hutcheson as a director on 2026-05-12, 3 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 16/02/2027.
Companies House lists 16 officers (5 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).