ST.AUSTELL BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-25 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+8.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£148M
+2.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
1,852
+8.1% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£11M
+33.9% first positive since 2021
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-02 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £117,626,000 | £156,616,000 | £209,153,000 | £229,481,000 | £231,391,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,897,000 | £11,318,000 | £11,426,000 | £12,686,000 | £12,444,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,034,000 | £10,515,000 | £19,194,000 | £7,997,000 | £10,709,000 | |
| Net profit | -£8,865,000 | £7,531,000 | £15,181,000 | £5,630,000 | £7,534,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £2,424,000 | £2,637,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £211,306,000 | £224,132,000 | |
| Net assets | £98,600,000 | £115,900,000 | £139,500,000 | £144,337,000 | £148,374,000 | |
| Equity | £98,600,000 | £115,900,000 | £139,500,000 | £144,337,000 | £148,374,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,569 | 1,453 | 1,546 | 1,713 | 1,852 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £42,478,000 | £47,422,000 |
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 | 2021-01-02 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.5% | 7.2% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | -7.5% | 4.8% | 7.3% | 2.5% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 6.0% | 5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 40.8% | 41.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.50x | 1.73x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 3.43x | 3.13x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis The Board is confident in the current circumstances that the Group generates sufficient net internal cash flows and has adequate undrawn bank facilities to meet all of its needs through the going concern period to 30 June 2026.”
Group structure
- ST.AUSTELL BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Walter Hicks Limited 100%
- The Cornish Embassy Limited 100%
- St Austell Brewery Property Company Limited 100%
- Real Beer Company Limited 100%
- Bath Ciders Limited 100%
- Bath Ales Limited 100%
- Olde World Inns Holdings Limited 100%
- Olde World Inns Limited 100%
- Castle Hotel (Subco) Limited 100%
- Land's End Hotel Limited 100%
- The Bath Pub Company Limited 100%
- The Bath Pub Sub Company Limited 100%
- Graze Too Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRATTON, Colin John | Secretary | 1998-06-11 | — | British |
| BARNES, Gerard Hugh | Director | 2005-05-05 | Feb 1968 | British |
| BURNELL-NUGENT, Rupert Michael | Director | 2026-04-07 | Apr 1982 | British |
| CASEBERRY, Gillian | Director | 2018-05-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| DAVIS, Donald Fuller | Director | 2026-01-02 | Feb 1968 | American |
| GEORGEL, Kevin Roger | Director | 2015-01-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
| HARVEY, Peter Shaw | Director | 2024-03-01 | Feb 1955 | British |
| HUBBARD, Karen Rachael | Director | 2022-03-01 | Jan 1964 | British |
| TURNER, Andrew | Director | 2020-11-13 | Oct 1977 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARPER, Malcolm Thomas | Secretary | — | 1998-05-01 |
| LUCK, Thomas Adam | Director | — | 2021-12-31 |
| MICHELMORE, William Franck | Director | 1996-10-14 | 2024-05-10 |
| NEAME, Jonathan Beale | Director | 2002-01-07 | 2018-05-11 |
| RUTHVEN, Michael St Clair | Director | — | 2000-07-28 |
| STAUGHTON, Simon James | Director | — | 2020-01-15 |
| STAUGHTON, Simon David Howard Ladd | Director | — | 2000-03-31 |
| STRATTON, Colin John | Director | 2017-03-10 | 2026-01-02 |
| THOMPSON, Piers Michael | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2026-05-08 |
| THOMPSON, Piers Reginald | Director | — | 2007-12-29 |
| VOELCKER, Peter Paul | Director | — | 2008-12-31 |
| WORRALL, Stephen John | Director | 2017-07-06 | 2021-02-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 179 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-06-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-06-13 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2023-11-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2023-11-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 7
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
+0.8%
£229,481,000 £231,391,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Cash
+8.8%
£2,424,000 £2,637,000
-
Net assets
+2.8%
£144,337,000 £148,374,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+8.1%
1,713 1,852
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
-1.9%
£12,686,000 £12,444,000
first positive since 2021
-
Profit before tax
+33.9%
£7,997,000 £10,709,000
first positive since 2021
-
Wages
+11.6%
£42,478,000 £47,422,000
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