FINLAY BEVERAGES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-14 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£231K
+2,210% vs 2023
Net assets
-£8M
-32.1% vs 2023
Employees
307
+7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-85.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FINLAY BEVERAGES LIMITED 1998-07-21 → present
- GEORGE PAYNE AND COMPANY,LIMITED 1896-04-17 → 1998-07-21
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 | £84,367,000 | £82,496,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,120,000 | £425,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,216,000 | -£2,258,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,089,000 | -£2,034,000 | |
| Cash | £10,000 | £231,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,629,000 | £24,805,000 | |
| Net assets | -£6,335,000 | -£8,369,000 | |
| Equity | -£6,335,000 | -£8,369,000 | |
| Average employees | 287 | 307 | |
| Wages | £9,932,000 | £11,333,000 |
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 | 1.3% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | -1.3% | -2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 112.9% | 115.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | 0.48x | 0.16x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has been provided with a confirmation of support from its parent James Finlay Limited. Further details on going concern are provided in note 1 to the financial statements in the basis of preparation. James Finlay Limited has confirmed its intention to continue to make available such other funds as are needed by the Company, and that it does not intend to seek repayment of other amounts due at the balance sheet date, for the period covered by the forecasts.”
Group structure
- FINLAY BEVERAGES LIMITED · parent
- Finlay Coffee Limited 100%
Significant events
- “delays to shipping resulting from the Red Sea crisis has had several implications such as increased logistical costs and higher levels of cash committed to higher inventory holding levels.”
- “The loss after tax increased the deficit in shareholders' funds to £8.4m. In order to strengthen the Company's financial position, during the year, the Company entered into new loan agreements with group undertakings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, David Charles | Secretary | 2018-10-03 | — | — |
| BULMAN, Andy | Director | 2021-12-01 | Apr 1966 | British |
| PETLEY, Robin | Director | 2021-05-05 | Feb 1967 | British |
| RUTHERFORD, Julian Michael | Director | 2013-02-01 | Mar 1971 | British |
| WOODROW, James Hugh, Mr. | Director | 2022-09-05 | May 1967 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIBBEN, Ann Marie | Secretary | 2018-02-27 | 2018-07-13 |
| GILMOUR, Duncan James | Secretary | 1999-04-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| HIORNS, Nigel James | Secretary | — | 1999-03-31 |
| JAMES FINLAY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-04-01 | 2018-02-27 |
| AFXENTIOU, Andreas Costa | Director | — | 1996-06-30 |
| BLACKBURN, Timothy Joseph | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2008-12-31 |
| BRADLEY, Anthony Mark | Director | — | 1994-10-07 |
| BRYANT, John Dennis | Director | — | 1998-02-13 |
| BRYSON, Ian Peter Fyall | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2021-12-16 |
| CAPPER, Richard Gerald | Director | — | 1995-11-24 |
| CHAMBERS, Guy Rufus | Director | 2015-09-11 | 2022-06-03 |
| COPLEY, Steven Michael | Director | 2004-03-10 | 2010-02-15 |
| DARLINGTON, Richard Andrew | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2012-04-30 |
| DES FORGES, Caroline | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2012-10-31 |
| EDWARDS, Darren John | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2021-01-22 |
| EYTON, William Byran, Dr | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| FOWLKES, Russell George | Director | 2004-07-15 | 2012-05-21 |
| GRAY, Robert Brian | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2006-07-12 |
| HENSON, Paul Robert | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2013-02-01 |
| HILL, Simon George | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2001-09-30 |
| HIORNS, Nigel James | Director | 1994-04-01 | 1999-03-31 |
| HOGG, Alexander Keith | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2017-06-02 |
| HOGG, Rupert Bruce Grantham Trower | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2008-09-22 |
| HUDSON, Martin John | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2015-11-23 |
| JASPER, Paul William | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2012-05-25 |
| LARGE, Simon Richard St John | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2009-08-14 |
| LOCKETT, Patrick Gordon | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| MATHISON, Ronald James | Director | 2008-09-22 | 2015-09-11 |
| MUIR, Richard James Kay | Director | — | 2001-03-31 |
| MURRAY, John | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| PAYNE, George David | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| PEARSE, Michael | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2003-03-31 |
| RAY, Paul John | Director | — | 1995-06-01 |
| WARD, Terence | Director | 1995-01-16 | 1998-06-25 |
| WEBB, Eric James | Director | — | 1995-04-13 |
| WILLSHER, Neil Robert | Director | 2003-01-06 | 2020-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Finlay Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-2.2%
£84,367,000 £82,496,000
-
Cash
+2,210%
£10,000 £231,000
-
Net assets
-32.1%
-£6,335,000 -£8,369,000
-
Employees
+7%
287 307
-
Operating profit
-62.1%
£1,120,000 £425,000
-
Profit before tax
-85.7%
-£1,216,000 -£2,258,000
-
Wages
+14.1%
£9,932,000 £11,333,000
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