GEORGE BROWNS LIMITED

1. GEORGE BROWNS LIMITED 2013-10-18 → present
2. GEO. BROWN'S IMPLEMENTS LIMITED 1938-05-24 → 2013-10-18

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

FKCA Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors acknowledge these accounts show a loss for the year however, after reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, cover the 12-month period from the date of signing the financial statements, and taking into account the restructuring mentioned in the post balance sheet event note, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

1. GEORGE BROWNS LIMITED · parent
   1. G.B.I. Farms Limited 99.6% · Farming

Significant events

• “In the next financial year, in light of current trading conditions in the agricultural market, the directors took the decision to undertake some restructuring within the George Browns group. This involved rationalising the use of the property in Leighton Buzzard (owned by this company) and repurposing it into an investment property, along with the consolidation of the activities carried out there into other depots. The directors also took the decision to close down the fishing tackle department.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -19.4%

  £34,760,615 → £28,004,220

• Cash

  -15%

  £2,257,040 → £1,918,731

• Net assets

  +3.2%

  £14,617,772 → £15,086,859

• Employees

  -7.7%

  130 → 120

• Operating profit

  -184.3%

  £613,243 → -£517,018

• Profit before tax

  -136.7%

  £863,243 → -£317,018

• Wages

  -5.5%

  £4,220,502 → £3,987,791

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