ALCOHOLS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-01 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-37.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£21M
-3.8% vs 2023
Employees
74
+1.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£788K
-137.7% 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 | £38,880,514 | £35,140,741 | |
| Operating profit | £2,061,211 | -£807,889 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,091,879 | -£787,878 | |
| Net profit | £1,698,842 | -£517,784 | |
| Cash | £1,744,557 | £1,088,844 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,015,506 | £21,594,823 | |
| Net assets | £21,313,022 | £20,510,238 | |
| Equity | £21,313,022 | £20,510,238 | |
| Average employees | 73 | 74 | |
| Wages | £3,214,792 | £3,230,842 |
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 | 5.3% | -2.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.0% | -3.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.3% | 29.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.34x | 1.78x | |
| Interest cover | 511.09x | -14.08x |
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
- Kreston Reeves 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 Group's or the parent 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
- ALCOHOLS LIMITED · parent
- Trithin Products Limited 100%
- Alcohols (North West) Limited 100%
- Lang-Met Distillers Limited 100%
- Langley Distillery Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Our main focus over the last two years has been on the development of our new depot, distillery and head office facility near Rugby. During 2024, the necessary plant and equipment was installed, validated and solvent. chemicals plant commissioned. Snags and teething problems have been overcome and production in the new industrial warehouse commenced in the Autumn.”
- “In early 2025, the distillery plant will be commissioned, after which production of gin products will commence at Rugby in our new 15,000 litre still. After a difficult year of transition, 2025 is expected to be a year. in which the business settles into a stable production routine for the benefit of our clients.”
- “The Group has funded the construction phase and part of the fit-out phase of the Rugby development from its own cash reserves. Loan funding from Lloyds Bank plc was signed off in June 2022 to help support the. remainder of the development, and is available for up to four years. The funding available to us is via an invoice discounting facility, providing funds based on the level of our trade debtors, and a revolving credit facility, as required on a periodic basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LING, Robert Harry | Director | — | Apr 1952 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Natalie Mary | Director | 2022-07-01 | Oct 1989 | British |
| ROESCHLAUB, Carl Andrew, Dr | Director | 2021-04-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
| WALLIS, Adam John | Director | — | Feb 1960 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LING, Robert Harry | Secretary | 1993-04-30 | 2016-04-08 |
| WATERS, Emrys John | Secretary | — | 1993-04-30 |
| AUGER, Raymond John | Director | — | 1996-08-02 |
| EVANS, Richard Charles | Director | 2015-11-02 | 2025-10-31 |
| HOOPER, Arthur John Stanbury | Director | — | 1994-07-12 |
| WALLIS, William Raymond | Director | — | 1994-03-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.H.Palmer & Co. (Industries) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2025-01-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2025-01-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2024-10-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-15 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-9.6%
£38,880,514 £35,140,741
-
Cash
-37.6%
£1,744,557 £1,088,844
-
Net assets
-3.8%
£21,313,022 £20,510,238
-
Employees
+1.4%
73 74
-
Operating profit
-139.2%
£2,061,211 -£807,889
-
Profit before tax
-137.7%
£2,091,879 -£787,878
-
Wages
+0.5%
£3,214,792 £3,230,842
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