HEAVITREE BREWERY PLC(THE)
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-08 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+206.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£20M
+12.6% vs 2024
Employees
15
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+93.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,498,000 | £7,628,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,424,000 | £1,377,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,560,000 | £3,018,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,318,000 | £2,622,000 | |
| Cash | £754,000 | £2,308,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,466,000 | £22,408,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,535,000 | £19,750,000 | |
| Equity | £17,535,000 | £19,750,000 | |
| Average employees | 15 | 15 | |
| Wages | £1,267,000 | £1,368,000 |
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 | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.0% | 18.1% | |
| Net margin | 17.6% | 34.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.0% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.3% | 17.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.94x | 2.05x | |
| Interest cover | 8.28x | 14.97x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“With the support from the bank there are no material uncertainties in relation to going concern. For this reason, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- HEAVITREE BREWERY PLC(THE) · parent
- Heavitree Inns Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A cash settlement has been received from insurers for the Jolly Sailor in East Ogwell which was destroyed by fire in 2020.”
- “A fire damaged the stores and beer cellar at The Cleave in Lustleigh in October.”
- “Combined fixed assets sales, mainly comprising of the sale of the Locomotive Inn in Exeter... resulted in a profit of £1,056,000.”
- “Consideration of the carrying value at the old Heavitree Arms in Exmouth has resulted in an impairment of £200,000.”
- “Five changes of tenancy and a lease assignment have completed during the year under review.”
- “Michael Jordan retired in January from his role as Contracts' Manager... Jason Hartnell who has joined the Company to lead the department.”
- “The Board took the decision last year to purchase a property next to the Ley Arms in Kenn for £637,000... has now been sold resulting in a small loss.”
- “The Board approved some small capital projects in the year, these include: The Pewsham at Chippenham, the completion of the Orangery, a small piece of land was purchased to allow the Beach Hotel outside seating in the summer.”
- “The Board has continued to progress its programme of property disposals with two property sales in the financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCLEAN, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2012-06-19 | — | British |
| BUSH, Christopher John | Director | 2019-09-01 | Nov 1955 | British |
| CROCKER, Graham John | Director | — | Apr 1958 | British |
| DUNCAN, Thomas Peter | Director | 2004-06-01 | Oct 1966 | British |
| MCLEAN, Nicola Jane | Director | 2025-02-01 | Mar 1968 | British |
| PEASE-WATKIN, Katherine | Director | 2009-07-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| TUCKER, Nicholas Henry Parnell | Director | 1994-08-15 | Dec 1966 | British |
| WHEATLEY, Terry | Director | 2003-01-01 | Aug 1968 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROCKER, Graham John | Secretary | — | 2007-05-01 |
| GLANVILLE, Rodney James | Secretary | 2007-05-01 | 2012-06-19 |
| DUNCAN, Susan Margaret | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| EVANS, Mark Singelton | Director | 1995-06-01 | 2004-05-31 |
| GLANVILLE, Rodney James | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2012-06-19 |
| PEASE-WATKIN, Ella Mary Anna | Director | — | 1995-03-29 |
| PEASE-WATKIN, Matthew Charles | Director | 1999-06-01 | 2009-05-08 |
| TUCKER, William Parnell | Director | — | 2020-08-01 |
| WOOD, Leonard | Director | — | 2004-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nicholas Henry Parnell Tucker | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 260 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-02-06 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2022-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
-
Turnover
+1.7%
£7,498,000 £7,628,000
-
Cash
+206.1%
£754,000 £2,308,000
-
Net assets
+12.6%
£17,535,000 £19,750,000
-
Employees
0%
15 15
-
Operating profit
-3.3%
£1,424,000 £1,377,000
-
Profit before tax
+93.5%
£1,560,000 £3,018,000
-
Wages
+8%
£1,267,000 £1,368,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers