MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY (UK) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-14 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2025-12-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£128M

-4.9% vs 2023

Net assets

£454M

+9.9% vs 2023

Employees

2,188

+7.5% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£40M

+5.3% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 6 times since incorporation

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY (UK) LIMITED 2009-03-31 → present
COORS BREWERS LIMITED 2002-03-11 → 2009-03-31
BASS BREWERS LIMITED 1989-09-18 → 2002-03-11
BASS BREWING (PRESTON BROOK) LIMITED 1986-06-17 → 1989-09-18
BASS BREWING (RUNCORN) LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1986-06-17
MOORS AND ROBSON'S BREWERIES LIMITED 1888-06-23 → 1979-12-31
THE HULL UNITED BREWERIES 1888-03-03 → 1888-06-23

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY (UK) LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=662

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£1,655,801,000	£1,630,757,000
Operating profit	£37,946,000	£34,467,000
Profit before tax	£38,230,000	£40,252,000
Net profit	£28,441,000	£8,652,000
Cash	£134,835,000	£128,274,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£466,327,000	£498,293,000
Net assets	£412,962,000	£453,703,000
Equity	£412,962,000	£453,703,000
Average employees	2,035	2,188
Wages	£112,156,000	£115,793,000

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	2.3%	2.1%
Net margin	1.7%	0.5%
Return on capital employed	8.1%	6.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	66.7%	64.7%
Current ratio	1.02x	0.93x
Interest cover	6.46x	10.32x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. In adopting a going concern basis, the Company has considered business activities, principal risks and uncertainties as set out within this Strategic report, and the impact of macroeconomic factors such as the ongoing cost of living crisis. The Directors have performed an assessment of the businesses' ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. In order to make this assessment, a cash flow forecast up to the period ending 31 December 2026 has been prepared.”

Group structure

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY (UK) LIMITED · parent
1. Molson Coors Brewing Company (Ireland) Designated Activity Company 100% · Republic of Ireland · Beer production and sales
2. Sharp's Brewery Limited 100% · England and Wales · Beer production and sales
3. Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Pensions Limited 100% · England and Wales · Pension fund trustee
4. Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Healthcare Limited 100% · England and Wales · Healthcare intermediary
5. Aspall Holdings Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
6. Coors On-Line Limited 73% · England and Wales · Non trading
7. Cobra Beer Partnership Limited 100% · England and Wales · Beer sales
8. Caffrey's Canada Inc 100% · Canada · Dormant
9. Carling Brewers Export Limited 100% · Scotland · Dormant
10. Charrington and Company Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
11. Coors Brewers Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
12. Foray 1327 Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
13. Molson Coors Beer Naturally Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
14. Molson Coors Global Trading Limited 0% · England and Wales · Beer sales
15. Molson Coors Worthington Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
16. William Stones Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant

Significant events

“The Company sold its investment in Molson Coors Global Trading Limited to Molson Coors Beverage Company. A gain of £1,390,000 was recognised on the disposal of this 100% investment.”
“The Company continues to innovate within its portfolio, with the release in 2025 of Madri Excepcional 0.0%, and Alpacalypse (a session IPA brewed in collaboration with SALT Brewery) and Monte Carlo Beer.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 71 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
COTTON, Joanna Margaret	Secretary	2021-06-08	—	—
FAWELL, Kevin Edward	Director	2025-06-09	Mar 1974	British
KERRY, Simon	Director	2025-05-21	May 1970	British
NORBURY, Hannah	Director	2025-06-09	Jul 1982	British
WHEELER, Rebecca Jane	Director	2025-05-21	Oct 1981	British

Show 71 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ADAM, Anita	Secretary	2012-10-19	2017-07-07
ALBION, Susan	Secretary	2009-09-10	2012-10-19
DONALD, Keith Malcolm Hamilton	Secretary	2005-02-25	2009-06-12
MCLAUGHLIN, Susan Elizabeth	Secretary	1998-10-15	2004-07-02
NEWLAND, Stuart	Secretary	2001-04-11	2002-07-18
NEWLAND, Stuart	Secretary	—	1998-10-15
POWELL, Ian George	Secretary	2009-07-06	2009-09-10
PROCTER, Amy Ruth	Secretary	2020-01-31	2021-06-08
SCULL, Andrew James	Secretary	2004-07-02	2005-02-25
WOLFE, Kristin	Secretary	2017-07-07	2020-01-31
ALBION, Susan	Director	2011-04-08	2019-01-28
ASHWORTH-DAVIES, Tracey Anne	Director	2010-08-26	2013-12-09
BELFER, Simon Leo	Director	2002-05-31	2003-06-20
BROWNSEY, Kevin John	Director	2002-07-08	2006-05-25
CHILDS, Mervyn Peter	Director	—	1994-01-04
COOKE, Paul Nigel	Director	2001-04-11	2002-02-02
COX, Simon John	Director	2008-06-16	2015-01-28
COYLE, Martin	Director	2015-06-09	2017-09-05
CRAY, Andrew Woodford	Director	2013-09-19	2015-06-09
DAVIES, Simon John	Director	2005-05-09	2009-10-01
DEAVIN, John Richard	Director	—	1994-07-08
DONALD, Keith Malcolm Hamilton	Director	2005-02-25	2009-06-12
EDGER, Christian Robert, Dr	Director	1997-10-27	2003-05-09
ELLIS, Stephen Paul	Director	2008-03-17	2011-05-13
EVESON, Robert	Director	2019-04-01	2025-05-21
FINNEY, Lee	Director	2010-07-08	2013-09-19
FISHER, Michael	Director	1992-01-20	1998-08-07
FOWDEN, Jeremy Stephen Gary	Director	1992-01-20	1996-03-01
GLENDINNING, Stewart Fraser	Director	2012-07-31	2012-11-01
GLENDINNING, Stewart Fraser	Director	2005-06-15	2008-06-16
GUTHRIE, James Evan Mccreath	Director	1992-10-01	1995-05-31
HEEDE, David Alexander	Director	2008-03-17	2013-09-19
HEYNEN, William John	Director	2008-03-17	2011-12-23
HINCHLIFFE, Edward, Doctor	Director	1998-11-17	2001-03-30
HINCHLIFFE, Edward, Doctor	Director	1995-06-01	1996-07-01
HOLBERRY, John Simon	Director	1997-08-01	2008-03-18
HUNTER, Mark Roderick	Director	2007-12-01	2012-07-31
HUNTER, Mark Roderick	Director	1998-01-02	2005-05-06
KEHOE, Vincent Thomas	Director	—	1993-05-28
KENDALL, Peter Michael Ridley	Director	2002-02-02	2005-05-31
KERRY, Simon	Director	2013-09-19	2019-04-01
KLUGMAN, Robert	Director	2003-08-25	2005-04-19
LANDTMETERS, Frederic Charles Marie	Director	2015-01-28	2016-10-11
LETCHET, Nicholas Hugh	Director	1994-10-01	1997-06-23
MACDONALD, Simon Peter	Director	1998-04-09	1998-10-23
MACWILLIAMS, Katherine Laura	Director	2003-06-20	2005-08-05
MCBRIDE, Seamus Edwin	Director	1994-01-04	1997-12-31
MCDONOUGH, Christopher Andrew	Director	2010-05-25	2012-11-01
NAFFAH, Karim	Director	1994-10-01	1997-02-03
NAPIER, Iain John Grant	Director	1996-03-01	2001-05-15
PEARSON, Mark	Director	2004-02-17	2005-05-31
PICKERING, Alison Patricia	Director	2020-07-02	2022-12-16
PORTNO, Antony David, Dr	Director	1991-06-01	1997-10-01
PRESTON, David Alexander	Director	2010-03-19	2011-02-09
PRESTON, David Alexander	Director	2009-10-23	2010-02-09
REESE, Robert Meryl	Director	2002-02-02	2005-04-19
RICKETTS, Robert William	Director	—	1992-09-25
SHEARER, James Christian	Director	2017-09-05	2020-07-02
SMITH, Andrew	Director	—	1997-10-01
SOUTHWELL, Michael Trevor	Director	1992-05-01	1997-01-03
SWAN, Mara	Director	2002-02-02	2005-04-19
SWINBURN, Peter Stuart	Director	2005-05-01	2007-12-01
SWINBURN, Peter Stuart	Director	1994-03-10	2003-04-30
THOMAS, Martin Duncan	Director	1996-07-01	2010-07-08
THOMAS, Paul	Director	1994-01-04	2002-05-31
VAN BIESBROECK, Johan Marie Jozef Jacques	Director	2001-04-11	2002-02-02
VEROUGSTRAETE, Christian	Director	2000-11-06	2002-02-02
WHITEHEAD, Philip Mark	Director	2016-10-11	2025-05-21
WINAND, Pierre	Director	2000-11-16	2001-03-22
WINTER, Richard Thomas	Director	1997-02-03	2000-08-22
WOLF, Timothy	Director	2002-02-02	2005-04-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Molson Coors Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 332 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2024-01-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-12-22	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2025-10-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-11	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-06-11	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-05-30	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-05-30	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-05-30	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-05-30	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-03-28	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-03-28	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-01-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-11-11	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF
2024-10-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-01-13	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2024-01-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-01-02	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF
2023-10-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-01-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-12-16	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 9
Capital events: 1
Officers appointed: 4
Officers resigned: 2

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

-1.5%

£1,655,801,000 £1,630,757,000
Cash

-4.9%

£134,835,000 £128,274,000
Net assets

+9.9%

£412,962,000 £453,703,000
Employees

+7.5%

2,035 2,188
Operating profit

-9.2%

£37,946,000 £34,467,000
Profit before tax

+5.3%

£38,230,000 £40,252,000
Wages

+3.2%

£112,156,000 £115,793,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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