Mon, 08 Sep 2025 | ADMINISTRATION
A Liverpool bakery that operated across three sites has entered liquidation after ceasing trading earlier this year. Baltic Bakehouse was founded in 2012, employing 24 staff across its sites, but collapsed following a “series of challenging circumstances”.
The company operated from branches on Allerton Road and Bridgewater Street in Liverpool, in addition to a bakery site on Wellington Road in Wavertree. The Wavertree site supplied wholesale baked goods to several businesses in Liverpool’s hospitality sector, including the Voyagers restaurant at the Halyard Hotel and the Novotel Hotel, Liverpool Paddington Village.
The business’ financial difficulties initially began in 2023, when it relocated to a new bakery, resulting in a significant increase in costs and overheads. In the wake of this, the company incurred a post-tax loss and struggled under the pressure of increased energy, rent and insurance costs.
These issues were compounded in late 2024, when it entered a dispute with the local council over its Bridgewater Café site, which forced it to reduce capacity. In March 2025, the business failed a hygiene inspection, forcing the bakery to close without any indication of when it would be able to reopen. It subsequently ceased trading, with all employees made redundant.
It has now been confirmed, on September 8, that insolvency practitioners Jeremy Woodside and Tracey Pye from the Manchester office of Quantuma Advisory were appointed as liquidators of Baltic Bakehouse Limited on June 26, 2025.
Quantuma Managing Director and joint liquidator Jeremy Woodside, said: “It is deeply regrettable that Baltic Bakehouse has been forced to cease trading, due to a series of challenging circumstances.”
“As joint liquidators our immediate priorities have been to provide appropriate support to those whose jobs have been affected, whilst seeking to obtain maximum value for the company’s creditors. Our priority is to ensure the affected staff are able to make appropriate claims on the redundancy payments office.”
In accounts for the year to July 31 2024, the company’s assets totalled around £163,000, but net liabilities exceeded £46,000.
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