{"name":"COUGHLANS BAKERIES LIMITED","company_number":"00332224","status":"Liquidation","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1937-10-04","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Sussex Innovation Centre, Science Park Square, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 9SB","postcode":"BN1 9SB","sic_codes":[{"code":10710,"description":"Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"JOHN COUGHLAN(BAKERS)LIMITED","changed_on":"1978-12-31"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"1 October","last_made_up_to":"2025-09-30","next_due":"2027-07-01"},"employees":null,"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-09-30","net_assets":304054,"cash":290870},{"financial_date":"2024-09-30","net_assets":202837,"cash":265430},{"financial_date":"2023-09-30","net_assets":3057602,"cash":134159},{"financial_date":"2022-09-30","cash":765836},{"financial_date":"2021-09-30","cash":921746}],"officers":{"current":6,"resigned":2,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":18,"outstanding":9},"gazette_notices":[{"date":"2026-07-17","kind":"insolvency"},{"date":"2026-07-17","kind":"insolvency"},{"date":"2026-07-08","kind":"insolvency"}],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/coughlans-bakeries","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/coughlans-bakeries/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/coughlans-bakeries/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00332224","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/coughlans-bakeries/financial","gazette":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/coughlans-bakeries/gazette","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/coughlans-bakeries/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/coughlans-bakeries/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/coughlans-bakeries/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/coughlans-bakeries"}