C.BREWER & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-24 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-1.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£63M
+0.2% vs 2023
Employees
1,475
+1.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-53.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £243,003,000 | £267,762,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,430,000 | £3,303,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,692,000 | £1,240,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,554,000 | £131,000 | |
| Cash | £4,137,000 | £4,087,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £102,189,000 | £98,171,000 | |
| Net assets | £62,655,000 | £62,786,000 | |
| Equity | £62,655,000 | £62,786,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,448 | 1,475 | |
| Wages | £45,126,000 | £49,697,000 |
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 | 1.8% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.3% | 3.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.79x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | 2.29x | 1.56x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 Group's and 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
- C.BREWER & SONS LIMITED · parent
- Wallpaperdirect Inc 100%
- The Paint Shed Holdings Limited 100%
- The Paint Shed Limited 100%
- Ian Russell(Paints) Limited 100%
- Colour Supplies (Chesham) Limited 100%
- Colour Supplies (2024) Limited 100%
- C Brewer & Sons Executive Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd 100%
- C Brewer & Sons Retirement Benefits Scheme Trustees Ltd 100%
- C Brewer & Sons Propco Limited 100%
- Decorate Now Limited 100%
- Decorators Warehouse Limited 100%
- Designerpaint Limited 100%
- Fred Williamson, & Sons, Limited 100%
- Handyman's Corner (Brixton) Limited 100%
- Humberside Decorative Supplies Limited 100%
- Paint and Decorative Supplies Limited 100%
- Robinson & Neal Limited 100%
- Spraystore Limited 100%
- The Decorating Centre Limited 100%
- TradiPaints Limited 100%
- Wallpaperdirect Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 21 October 2024, the Group acquired the entire share capital of Colour Supplies (2024) Limited and its subsidiary company Colour Supplies (Chesham) Limited, which operates three stores in England.”
- “In February 2025 the Group acquired the trade and assets for the majority of Paintwell stores and Promain website business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOESMITH, Adam Charles | Secretary | 2012-10-01 | — | — |
| BREWER, Charles Thomas | Director | 2013-07-01 | Jul 1979 | British |
| BREWER, Mark Adrian | Director | 1994-04-01 | Jul 1957 | British |
| BREWER, Neal Michael | Director | 1993-01-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
| BREWER, Nicholas Andrew | Director | 1993-01-01 | Mar 1963 | British |
| BREWER, Robert Christopher | Director | — | May 1936 | British |
| BREWER, Simon Robert | Director | 2012-01-01 | Aug 1976 | British |
| LAWFIELD, Alison Rachel | Director | 2003-04-01 | Jun 1956 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY, Roger Philip | Secretary | 1992-09-10 | 2007-12-31 |
| DOBBS, Richard Alexander Edwin | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2012-09-30 |
| GROUT, John Richard | Secretary | — | 1992-08-11 |
| ADAMS, Stanley James | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2016-06-30 |
| BRADLEY, Roger Philip | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2008-01-25 |
| BREWER, Avril June | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| BREWER, David Kenneth | Director | — | 2011-12-31 |
| BREWER, John Richard | Director | — | 1996-08-24 |
| BREWER, Lotte | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| BREWER, Michael Stuart | Director | — | 2003-10-26 |
| BREWER, Stephen David | Director | — | 2015-03-31 |
| BREWER, Theresa | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| CROKER, Gary Stephen Francis | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2019-12-31 |
| DOBBS, Richard Alexander | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| GOLLOP, Stephen Edward | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| GROUT, John Richard | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| HISLOP, Brian Leslie | Director | 1992-06-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| MCDOWELL, Francis Christopher | Director | — | 2012-11-12 |
| MCDOWELL, Susan Elizabeth | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| STANLEY, Apps | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Emma Louise Spence | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-01-23 | Ceased 2022-12-12 |
| Mr Nicholas Francis Mcdowell | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-01-23 | Ceased 2022-12-12 |
| Mr Simon Robert Brewer | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-01-23 | Ceased 2022-12-12 |
| Mrs Alison Rachel Lawfield | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-23 |
| Mr Neal Michael Brewer | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-22 |
| Miss Jennifer Marion Brewer | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-23 |
| Mr David Kenneth Brewer | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-01-23 |
| Mr Robert Christopher Brewer | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-01-23 |
| Mr Francis Christopher Mcdowell | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-01-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-01-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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
+10.2%
£243,003,000 £267,762,000
-
Cash
-1.2%
£4,137,000 £4,087,000
-
Net assets
+0.2%
£62,655,000 £62,786,000
-
Employees
+1.9%
1,448 1,475
-
Operating profit
-25.4%
£4,430,000 £3,303,000
-
Profit before tax
-53.9%
£2,692,000 £1,240,000
-
Wages
+10.1%
£45,126,000 £49,697,000
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