The front of a Greggs shop, August 2019

Bakery / food-to-go retail · Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

Greggs

Greggs plc

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Cash down 43%ActiveLatest figures: 2025Group consolidated74 years on the register

A UK bakery chain that makes sausage rolls, bakes, sandwiches and sweet goods in its own bakeries and sells them through company-managed and franchised shops.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2025 · Group consolidated

Turnover

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Profit after tax

£122m

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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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
£202320242025
Profit after tax£122m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 3 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 sheet202320242025
Current assets
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year

5 balance-sheet lines and 4 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 2026-10-18

  1. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Ikdeep Singh as a director on 1 July 2026
  2. Filing
    Resolutions (and 10 more like it since 1 June 2017)
  3. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 27 December 2025
  4. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Mohamed Elsarky as a director on 13 May 2026
  5. Directors
    Replacement Filing for the appointment of Mr Mohamed Elsarky as a director
  6. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mr Matthew Davies on 14 April 2026
  7. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mrs Tamara Rogers on 14 April 2026
  8. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mrs Roisin Helen Currie on 13 April 2026
  9. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Alicia Marie Ryan as a secretary on 10 April 2026
  10. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Catherine Elizabeth Ferry as a director on 6 March 2026
  11. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Richard Smothers as a director on 1 February 2026
  12. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Jonathan Jowett as a secretary on 1 July 2025
  13. 26 earlier
    1. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 28 December 2024
    2. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Sarah Dickson as a secretary on 19 December 2024
    3. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 30 December 2023
    4. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Tamara Rogers as a director on 1 June 2024
    5. Shares
      Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 30 November 2023 · GBP 2,045,113.5 (and 35 more like it since 30 June 2020)
    6. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2022
    7. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Nigel Gordon Mills as a director on 7 March 2023
    8. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Helena Louise Ganczakowski as a director on 17 May 2023
    9. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Sandra Turner as a director on 17 May 2023
    10. Ownership
      Notification of a person with significant control statement
    11. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Ian Charles Durant as a director on 31 October 2022
    12. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Matthew Davies as a director on 2 August 2022
    13. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 1 January 2022
    14. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Lynne Marie Weedall as a director on 17 May 2022
    15. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Roger Mark Whiteside as a director on 17 May 2022
    16. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Nina Jayne Richards as a secretary on 15 February 2022
    17. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Raymond Robert Reynolds as a secretary on 15 February 2022
    18. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Roisin Helen Currie as a director on 1 February 2022
    19. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Peter Laurence Mcphillips as a director on 31 July 2021
    20. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Mohamed Elsarky as a director on 21 June 2021
    21. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 2 January 2021
    22. Filing
      Auditor's resignation
    23. Filing
      Memorandum and Articles of Association
    24. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 28 December 2019
    25. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 29 December 2018
    26. Directors
      Secretary's details changed for Alicia Marie Ryan on 18 September 2019

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 Greggs do?

A UK bakery chain that makes sausage rolls, bakes, sandwiches and sweet goods in its own bakeries and sells them through company-managed and franchised shops. In its own words: “From sandwiches to pasties, pick a great deal for breakfast and lunch at your local Greggs today. Read more here at greggs.com.”

›How much turnover does Greggs make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Greggs profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £122m in the year to 27 December 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns Greggs?

Answered in the full report

›Where is Greggs based?

Its registered office is Greggs House, Quorum Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 8BU, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear.

›When was Greggs founded?

Greggs plc was incorporated on 29 December 1951; the business dates from 1939.

›Is Greggs still trading?

The register lists Greggs plc as active.