ADNAMS PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-09 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£341K
-39.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£20M
-9.9% vs 2023
Employees
569
-0.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
+31.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ADNAMS PLC 1999-10-11 → present
- ADNAMS & COMPANY PLC 1890-03-24 → 1999-10-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £66,344,000 | £68,073,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,515,000 | -£1,169,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,064,000 | -£2,776,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,113,000 | -£2,089,000 | |
| Cash | £567,000 | £341,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,571,000 | £20,259,000 | |
| Net assets | £22,291,000 | £20,083,000 | |
| Equity | £22,291,000 | £20,083,000 | |
| Average employees | 574 | 569 | |
| Wages | £13,438,000 | £13,725,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.8% | -1.7% | |
| Net margin | -4.7% | -3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.7% | -5.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.4% | 56.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.84x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | -1.54x | -0.65x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “Since the reporting date, the Company has sold 5 properties. These properties' net book value was £1,279k and was included within freehold and leasehold land and buildings as at 31 December 2024. The proceeds generated on these sales totalled £2,609k.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRENCH, Billy Anthony | Secretary | 2021-10-18 | — | — |
| BERENDJI, Sacha Mark | Director | 2023-02-03 | Jan 1970 | British |
| DRISCOLL, Andrew David | Director | 2025-09-01 | Dec 1973 | British |
| HANLON, Jennifer Elizabeth Imogen | Director | 2020-06-18 | Feb 1976 | British |
| HEALD, Andrew Michael Hilliard | Director | 2023-06-30 | Aug 1987 | British |
| TOWNSEND, William Simon | Director | 2023-01-01 | Feb 1962 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANTWELL, Elizabeth Sarah | Secretary | 2016-05-20 | 2020-06-08 |
| HAWKINS, Naomi Jane | Secretary | 2020-06-08 | 2021-10-18 |
| NICHOLSON, Robert John | Secretary | 2000-01-01 | 2003-12-08 |
| PUGH, Stephen Crommelin | Secretary | 2003-12-09 | 2016-05-20 |
| SEGRAVE-DALY, Bernard | Secretary | — | 1999-12-31 |
| ADNAMS, John Adair | Director | — | 2005-04-25 |
| ADNAMS, Jonathan | Director | — | 2024-09-09 |
| CURZON, Stephen Derek | Director | 2005-01-10 | 2008-03-31 |
| DULIEU, Nicola Joy | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| HEALD, Michael Guy Hilliard | Director | 2015-04-23 | 2023-06-30 |
| HESTER, Karen | Director | 2015-04-23 | 2024-04-08 |
| KENDALL, William Bruce | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2013-04-29 |
| LOFTUS, Simon Piers Dominic | Director | — | 2014-04-28 |
| MCINTYRE, Bridget Fiona | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| NICHOLSON, Robert John | Director | — | 2007-06-01 |
| NUNNY, Paul Ian | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| PAGE, Peter William Bernard | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2003-11-27 |
| PUGH, Stephen Crommelin | Director | 2003-09-09 | 2020-06-18 |
| ROBERTS, Hugh | Director | — | 2000-09-30 |
| SEGRAVE-DALY, Bernard | Director | — | 1997-06-02 |
| SHARP, Steven Michael, Dr | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| WOOD, Andrew Charles, Dr | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| WOODHALL, David Massey | Director | — | 2006-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-12 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-02-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.6%
£66,344,000 £68,073,000
-
Cash
-39.9%
£567,000 £341,000
-
Net assets
-9.9%
£22,291,000 £20,083,000
-
Employees
-0.9%
574 569
-
Operating profit
+53.5%
-£2,515,000 -£1,169,000
-
Profit before tax
+31.7%
-£4,064,000 -£2,776,000
-
Wages
+2.1%
£13,438,000 £13,725,000
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