J.W.LEES & CO.(BREWERS)LIMITED

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  3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

Consolidated group

Auditor

Crowe UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

1. J.W.LEES & CO.(BREWERS)LIMITED · parent
   1. Willoughbys Limited 96% · Property Services

Significant events

• “Rachel Reeves, Labour's new Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced several fiscal measures (including increasing the rate of, and lowering the threshold for, employers' National Insurance Contributions and further increases to National Minimum Wages and National Living Wage rates from April 2025) which will have a major cost impact on business and the hospitality sector.”
• “Rachel Reeves also announced major changes to inheritance tax, with effect from 6 April 2026 removing the benefit of 100% Business Relief (BPR) which allows family-owned businesses like JW Lees to be transferred from one generation to the next without a tax hit.”
• “Sadly, our year was overshadowed by the tragic and very sad passing on October 8 2024 of Simon Lees-Jones, who during his 31 years at JW Lees was our Property Director and the leader of our acquisitions strategy.”

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

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

4

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

  +4.3%

  £95,785,410 → £99,875,701

• Cash

  +0.7%

  £11,785,683 → £11,870,548

• Net assets

  +4.5%

  £98,036,032 → £102,430,470

• Employees

  -0.4%

  1,603 → 1,597

• Operating profit

  +6.4%

  £6,440,908 → £6,854,034

• Profit before tax

  +0.7%

  £7,061,535 → £7,110,463

• Wages

  +3.4%

  £29,352,223 → £30,354,604

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