FREDERIC ROBINSON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-28 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£826K
-55.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£91M
+5.7% vs 2023
Employees
1,113
+6.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+34% vs 2023
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 | £92,322,000 | £97,714,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,083,000 | £6,153,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,381,000 | £7,208,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,727,000 | £5,447,000 | |
| Cash | £1,841,000 | £826,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £94,495,000 | £101,073,000 | |
| Net assets | £85,717,000 | £90,574,000 | |
| Equity | £85,717,000 | £90,574,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,046 | 1,113 | |
| Wages | £24,352,000 | £27,128,000 |
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 | 6.6% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.4% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.9% | 32.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.49x | 0.46x | |
| Interest cover | 8.46x | 4.50x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FREDERIC ROBINSON LIMITED · parent
- Bell & Co Limited 100%
- Hartleys (Ulverston) Limited 100%
- Kay's Atlas Brewery Limited 100%
- Old Brewery (Ulverston) Limited 100%
- Unicorn Brewery Limited 100%
- Unicorn Wine Limited 100%
- Individual Inns Limited 100%
- Individual Inns 2 Limited 100%
- Individual Inns 3 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “New brewery completed in 2024, expected to go into full production in 2025, but was behind schedule with delays caused by a fire at the departing port in China and disruption on global shipping lanes through the Suez Canal.”
- “The company invested heavily in developing systems in 2024, building on momentum from 2022 and 2023.”
- “Net borrowings at the end of 2024 amounted to £16.7m compared to £19.2m in the prior year.”
- “2025 is expected to be a much more challenging year due to changes in employers' national insurance, minimum living wage, 35% reduction in Business Rates relief, and new Extended Producer Regulations.”
- “The company is impacted by changes announced to Business Property Relief in the Budget, which is expected to have an incredibly damaging long-term impact on business investment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUNN, Fiona Catherine | Director | 2022-01-01 | Feb 1958 | British |
| MOODY, Philip Edward | Director | 2020-08-01 | Jul 1954 | British |
| ROBINSON, Oliver John | Director | 2003-09-30 | Jan 1971 | British |
| ROBINSON, Sara Xanthe | Director | 2020-08-01 | Oct 1977 | British |
| ROBINSON, William Joseph | Director | 2003-09-30 | Jul 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Tony | Director | 2020-08-01 | Dec 1967 | British |
| WELHAM, Christopher | Director | 2022-04-01 | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Peter Bryan | Secretary | — | 2007-12-01 |
| ROBINSON, Sara Xanthe | Secretary | 2007-12-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| EDWARDS, John | Director | 2018-09-24 | 2021-12-31 |
| OLIVER, Stephen John | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2022-03-31 |
| ROBINSON, David John | Director | — | 2020-08-01 |
| ROBINSON, Dennis William | Director | — | 2020-08-01 |
| ROBINSON, Paul Andrew | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2020-08-01 |
| ROBINSON, Peter Bryan | Director | — | 2020-08-01 |
| ROBINSON, Veronica Helen | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2020-08-01 |
| ROBINSON-STANIER, Neil | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2020-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederic Robinson Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-19 | Active |
| Mr Oliver John Robinson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-02-15 | Ceased 2023-06-19 |
| Mr Dennis William Robinson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-19 |
| Mr Peter Bryan Robinson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-08 |
| Mr David John Robinson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-09-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-08-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-06-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-27 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-09-27 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-09-27 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-09-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-23 | OC | miscellaneous | Court order | |
| 2023-06-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+5.8%
£92,322,000 £97,714,000
-
Cash
-55.1%
£1,841,000 £826,000
-
Net assets
+5.7%
£85,717,000 £90,574,000
-
Employees
+6.4%
1,046 1,113
-
Operating profit
+1.2%
£6,083,000 £6,153,000
-
Profit before tax
+34%
£5,381,000 £7,208,000
-
Wages
+11.4%
£24,352,000 £27,128,000
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