# Coughlans Bakeries Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00332224](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00332224)
- **Status:** Liquidation
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 4 Oct 1937
- **Registered office:** SUSSEX INNOVATION CENTRE, SCIENCE PARK SQUARE, BRIGHTON, BN1 9SB
- **Nature of business:** [10710](/sic/10710) Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
- **Corporate group:** [Vetty Limited](/group/107878) (3 companies)


## Previous names

- John Coughlan(bakers)limited (until 31 Dec 1978)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROFF, Helmut | director | - | 26 Mar 1993 |
| SAUNDERS, Peter Anthony Arthur | director | - | 30 Sep 1997 |
| COUGHLAN, Peter John | director | - |  |
| COUGHLAN, Virginia Tracy | secretary | - |  |
| COUGHLAN, Virginia Tracy | director | 2 Jan 1998 |  |
| COUGHLAN, Sean Patrick | director | 2 Jan 1998 |  |
| TAYLOR, Jacqueline Jane | director | 2 Jan 1998 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Virginia Tracy Coughlan | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 1 Mar 2023 | 30 Nov 2023 |
| Mr Sean Patrick Coughlan | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 1 Mar 2023 | 30 Nov 2023 |
| Mrs Jacqueline Jane Taylor | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 1 Mar 2023 | 30 Nov 2023 |
| Vetty Limited | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 18 Aug 2025 |  |
| Smitham Lodge Estates Limited | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 30 Nov 2023 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Turnover | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2025 | - | £304,054 | £290,870 | 2 |
| 30 Sep 2024 | - | £202,837 | £265,430 | 163 |
| 30 Sep 2023 | - | £3,057,602 | £134,159 | 160 |
| 30 Sep 2022 | - | £3,513,022 | £765,836 | 178 |
| 30 Sep 2021 | £6,246,007 | £4,448,125 | £921,746 | 178 |
| 30 Sep 2020 | £4,663,025 | £3,873,908 | £438,162 | 178 |
| 30 Sep 2019 | £5,143,681 | £3,537,345 | £133,726 | - |
| 30 Sep 2018 | £4,607,989 | £3,488,376 | £147,320 | - |
| 30 Sep 2017 | £4,428,945 | £4,219,371 | £8,277 | - |
| 30 Sep 2016 | £4,754,080 | - | £7,637 | - |
| 30 Sep 2015 | £4,891,695 | - | £88,994 | - |
| 30 Sep 2014 | £5,001,630 | - | £93,717 | - |
| 30 Sep 2013 | £4,901,962 | - | £221,308 | - |



## Owned by

Coughlans Bakeries Limited → [Smitham Lodge Estates Limited](/company/14690023)



## Controls

- [Munch @ Coughlans Limited](/company/00740923) (00740923)




## Registered address

406 companies are registered at this address - likely a registration agent.