Baird & Co

Precious metals production · London

Baird & Co

Baird & Co. Limited

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Turnover up 26%ActiveLatest figures: 2025Company only38 years on the register

Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Precious metals production”.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2025 · Company only

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

£3.3m

Net assets

For subscribers

Cash

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Employees

For subscribers

Retained reserves

For subscribers

What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£20212023202320242025
Profit after tax£3.3m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves
Dividends paid

Every figure for all 5 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet2023202320242025
Fixed assets
Current assets
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Dividends to profitDividends paid as a share of profit after tax, in a year with a profit
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets
Turnover per employeeTurnover divided by average staff
Debtor daysDays of turnover owed by customers at the year end

7 balance-sheet lines and 8 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-19

  1. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2025
  2. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2024
  3. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2023
  4. Accounts
    Previous accounting period shortened from 30 June 2024 to 31 December 2023
  5. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 30 June 2023
  6. Accounts
    Previous accounting period extended from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2023
  7. Charges
    Satisfaction of charge 022695580008 in full
  8. Charges
    Satisfaction of charge 022695580007 in full
  9. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Thelma Maxine Lee as a director on 31 August 2022
  10. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2021
  11. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mr Alexander Stephen Baird on 10 November 2021
  12. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2020
  13. 27 earlier
    1. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Paul Robert Beesley as a director on 31 December 2020
    2. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mrs Lorena Baird on 17 November 2020
    3. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Alexander Stephen Baird on 17 November 2020
    4. Charges
      Registration of charge 022695580008, created on 9 October 2020
    5. Charges
      Registration of charge 022695580007, created on 9 October 2020
    6. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Roger Graham Billins as a director on 30 September 2020
    7. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2019
    8. Ownership
      Change of details for Baird Investments Limited as a person with significant control on 6 April 2017
    9. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Richard Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson as a director on 30 September 2019
    10. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2018
    11. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Paul Robert Beesley as a director on 31 January 2019
    12. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Anthony Michael Dobra as a director on 31 January 2019
    13. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2017
    14. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Thelma Maxine Lee as a director on 22 August 2018
    15. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Alexander Stephen Baird as a director on 16 May 2018
    16. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 4 in full
    17. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 5 in full
    18. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 2 in full
    19. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 3 in full
    20. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Nicholas Jon Hammond as a director on 12 March 2018
    21. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Frances Amanda Hogan as a secretary on 27 November 2017
    22. Directors
      Director's details changed for Ms Lorena Baird on 21 November 2017
    23. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Richard Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson as a director on 11 October 2017
    24. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Lorena Baird as a director on 11 October 2017
    25. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2016
    26. Address
      Registered office address changed from Units 20 & 21 Gemini Business Park Hornet Way Beckton London E6 7FF to 48 Hatton Garden London EC1N 8EX on 6 April 2017
    27. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 022695580006 in full

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Baird & Co do?

Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Precious metals production”. In its own words: “Buy gold, silver and other precious group metals from the UK’s largest independent gold trader. Baird & Co. are an LBMA approved member who manage the entire refining process for gold and silver; manufacturing bullion bars and trade legal tender bullion coins all under one roof.”

›How much turnover does Baird & Co make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Baird & Co profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £3.3m in the year to 31 December 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at Baird & Co?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns Baird & Co?

Answered in the full report

›Where is Baird & Co based?

Its registered office is 48 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8EX, in London.

›When was Baird & Co founded?

Baird & Co. Limited was incorporated on 21 June 1988.

›Is Baird & Co still trading?

The register lists Baird & Co. Limited as active.