CATHERINES BAKERY LIMITED
Company number 04659685 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Catherines Bakery is a financially resilient, family-owned specialist bakery with a strong local heritage brand and substantial cash resources relative to its scale. Its priority is to convert balance-sheet strength into disciplined growth through premium food-to-go, controlled B2B/online channels and succession-proof management, while managing local-market concentration and input-cost pressure. The key near-term actions are to improve profitability visibility, review the elevated debtor balance and set a clear capital allocation plan for expansion.
Shareholders' funds
£494,817
Balance sheet as at 2026-05-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2003-02-07
- Employees
- 34 (2026 accounts · was 28 in 2025)
- Registered office
- 28 High Street High Street, Newport, Shropshire, England, TF10 7AQ
- Postcode
- TF10 7AQ
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-05-31
- Next due by
- 2028-02-29
- Financial year end
- 31 May
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-07
- Next due by
- 2027-02-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47240 Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores
Officers 2 current · 2 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- catherines-bakery.co.uk
- Phone
- 01952820724, 01952461341, 01746762987
Catherine's Bakery are an independent bakery which was formed 30 years ago by its Managing Director, John Powers. Following his training at Birmingham College
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 12-14 ST MARYS STREET, NEWPORT, SHROPSHIRE TF10 7AB | 2003-02-24 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 538 similar companies in TF — measured against the wider sector
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (34 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 2003.
The class of 2003
38%
of the 163,089 companies incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2025-11-27
- Where
- Shropshire (1), Wrekin (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SL293982 | Shropshire | Leasehold | 2025-11-27 | — |
| SL268076 | Wrekin | Leasehold | 2020-11-11 | — |
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