Quantuma Appointed to Baltic Bakehouse Liquidation

Quantuma’s Jeremy Woodside and Tracey Pye have been appointed joint liquidators of Baltic Bakehouse Limited, the Liverpool-based artisan bakery, following a series of operational and financial setbacks that culminated in the business ceasing to trade in April.

Established in 2012, Baltic Bakehouse grew into a local fixture with three sites and 24 staff. The company’s difficulties began in 2023 with a costly relocation to a new bakery, which left the business exposed to significantly higher overheads. Rising energy, rent, and insurance costs compounded the strain, pushing the company into losses.

In late 2024, a dispute with Liverpool Council over its Bridgewater Café site reduced capacity further. Matters worsened in March 2025 when the bakery failed a hygiene inspection, forcing an immediate closure with no clear path to reopening. Directors subsequently ceased trading and made all employees redundant on 10 April.

The board sought advice from Quantuma on 17 April. After reviewing the company’s position, the advisory firm concluded Baltic Bakehouse was insolvent and commenced the process of placing the company into creditors’ voluntary liquidation. Woodside and Pye were formally appointed as liquidators on 26 June.

“It is deeply regrettable that Baltic Bakehouse has been forced to cease trading, due to a series of challenging circumstances,” Woodside said. He added that the liquidators’ immediate focus has been supporting affected employees and working to secure value for creditors. Quantuma’s in-house ERA team has issued redundancy claim forms to staff, with most now returned, and payments from the Redundancy Payments Office expected within six weeks.