CORNEY AND BARROW GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-07 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
-17.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£43M
+4.1% vs 2024
Employees
186
-1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£9M
-6.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CORNEY AND BARROW GROUP LIMITED 1988-11-01 → present
- CORNEY & BARROW LIMITED 1969-01-28 → 1988-11-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £87,534,000 | £90,337,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,988,000 | £8,676,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,488,000 | £8,912,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,958,000 | £6,685,000 | |
| Cash | £12,438,000 | £10,267,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,733,000 | £44,508,000 | |
| Net assets | £41,474,000 | £43,157,000 | |
| Equity | £41,474,000 | £43,157,000 | |
| Average employees | 188 | 186 | |
| Wages | £10,241,000 | £10,606,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.3% | 9.6% | |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.0% | 19.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.1% | 35.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.16x | 2.29x | |
| Interest cover | 154.97x | 163.70x |
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
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the Group financial position, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- CORNEY AND BARROW GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Corney and Barrow Limited 100%
- Corney & Barrow Merchanting Holdings Limited 100%
- Corney & Barrow Bars Holdings Limited 100%
- Corney & Barrow Group Services Limited 100%
- Corney & Barrow Broker Services Limited 100%
- Corney & Barrow (East Anglia) Limited 100%
- Corney & Barrow Trustees Limited 100%
- Corney & Barrow Participation Scheme Trustees Limited 100%
- Whighams of Ayr Limited 100%
- Corney & Barrow (Scotland) Limited 100%
- Corney and Barrow Hong Kong Limited 100%
- Corney and Barrow Fine Wine Merchants (Shanghai) Limited 100%
- Corney and Barrow Fine Wine Merchants (Singapore) PTE Limited 100%
- Whighams Young & Saunders Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Installation of rooftop photovoltaic panels and an electrical energy storage system at our East Kilbride warehouse.”
- “To carry out a major refurbishment of our Head office premises.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERSON, Winston Spencer Brian | Secretary | 2020-12-10 | — | — |
| BRETT-SMITH, Adam De La Falaise Brett | Director | — | Jun 1956 | British |
| GRIGSBY, Bernard Candler | Director | 2000-04-27 | May 1949 | American |
| SANDERSON, Winston Spencer Brian | Director | 2020-12-10 | May 1963 | British |
| SIBLEY, Damian Theobald Oliver | Director | 2010-07-21 | Apr 1969 | British |
| WEATHERALL, Edward Percy Keswick | Director | 1999-09-27 | Oct 1957 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASTERS, Paul Stanton | Secretary | 2006-10-01 | 2020-12-10 |
| STIFF, David Charles | Secretary | — | 2006-10-01 |
| BROWN, Christopher Niall Bridgmore | Director | — | 1994-11-30 |
| BROWN, James Alexander | Director | — | 1999-07-14 |
| CHRISTIE, Kevin Bruce | Director | 1999-03-25 | 2000-05-17 |
| COUSINS, John Stewart | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2016-06-29 |
| COUSINS, John Stewart | Director | — | 1997-09-25 |
| FRESHWATER, Timothy George | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| GOVETT, William John Romaine | Director | — | 2008-10-01 |
| HARDIE, David Anthony | Director | 2001-02-12 | 2009-10-01 |
| HEWARD, Sarah | Director | 1995-06-29 | 2004-01-09 |
| HILL-WOOD, Peter Denis | Director | 1994-06-22 | 2001-02-01 |
| KIMMINS, Malcolm Brian Johnston | Director | — | 2010-03-24 |
| KNOWLES, Lucy | Director | 2006-09-19 | 2013-04-30 |
| LEWIS, David Gwynder | Director | — | 1994-05-26 |
| MASTERS, Paul Stanton | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2020-12-10 |
| PEAT, Richard Henry | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| PENDRED, Charles Graham | Director | — | 2001-02-01 |
| SIBLEY, Nicholas Theobald | Director | 1997-09-25 | 2010-09-22 |
| WEATHERALL, Anthony Edward | Director | — | 1999-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nicholas Theobald Sibley | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Percy Weatherall | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 246 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-10-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-05 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2022-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-07 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2022-09-21 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2022-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+3.2%
£87,534,000 £90,337,000
-
Cash
-17.5%
£12,438,000 £10,267,000
-
Net assets
+4.1%
£41,474,000 £43,157,000
-
Employees
-1.1%
188 186
-
Operating profit
-3.5%
£8,988,000 £8,676,000
-
Profit before tax
-6.1%
£9,488,000 £8,912,000
-
Wages
+3.6%
£10,241,000 £10,606,000
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