COUGHLANS BAKERIES LIMITED
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Executive summary
Coughlans Bakeries Limited is an 87-year-old family bakery in formal liquidation following the extraction of over £3.27M in dividends during FY2024, which reduced shareholders' equity from approximately £3.06M to just £203K. The business generated £6.77M in revenue in its final full year of operation but failed to achieve operating profitability, posting a £61K operating loss. The strategic question is no longer about market positioning or growth—it is about maximizing asset realization for creditors and shareholders within the liquidation process, with particular attention to the adequacy of remaining assets against outstanding liabilities of approximately £1.07M.
Shareholders' funds
£399,295
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1937-10-04
- Registered office
- Sussex Innovation Centre, Science Park Square, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 9SB
- Postcode
- BN1 9SB
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 9 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-07-01
- Financial year end
- 1 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-08-18
- Next due by
- 2026-09-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10710 Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Officers 6 current · 2 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by VETTY LIMITED — since 2025-08-18
Controlled by SMITHAM LODGE ESTATES LIMITED — since 2023-11-30
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MUNCH @ COUGHLANS LIMITED Active - Proposal to Strike off
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| JOHN COUGHLAN(BAKERS)LIMITED | 1978-12-31 |
Property in England & Wales 16 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 15
- Most recent registration
- 2025-09-02
- Where
- Greater London (7), Surrey (7), West Sussex (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSX455325 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2025-09-02 | — |
| SGL858166 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-05-20 | — |
| WSX448703 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2024-08-07 | — |
| SY902909 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2024-06-06 | — |
| SY901428 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2024-03-21 | — |
| SGL845130 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2023-10-05 | — |
| SY882506 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2021-12-22 | — |
| SY880072 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2021-09-14 | — |
| SY873607 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2020-11-02 | — |
| SGL805465 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2019-07-18 | — |
| SGL786129 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2017-10-16 | — |
| SY840727 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2016-11-09 | — |
| SY821015 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2014-06-24 | — |
| SGL742025 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2013-09-10 | — |
| SGL731162 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2012-06-13 | — |
| SGL542269 | Greater London | Freehold | 1997-12-04 | — |
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