M.W. BEER & CO. LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-09 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-25

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

+75.4% vs 2023

Net assets

£4M

-5.2% lowest in 6 filed years

Employees

0% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£54K

+100.7% first positive since 2023

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

M.W. BEER & CO. LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	£78,264,644	£59,969,950
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	£1,060,330	-£379,398
Profit before tax	—	—	£1,938,932	-£2,567,518	-£7,760,691	£54,244
Net profit	-£823,449	£2,134,455	—	-£2,069,051	-£5,720,838	-£213,592
Cash	£1,802,284	£7,165,813	£4,221,482	£1,214,671	£1,594,965	£2,796,926
Total assets less current liabilities	£8,296,208	£10,430,663	£11,926,165	£9,857,114	£4,136,276	£3,994,643
Net assets	—	—	—	—	£4,136,276	£3,922,684
Equity	£8,296,208	£10,430,663	£11,926,165	£9,857,114	£4,136,276	£3,922,684
Average employees	13	16	18	18	14	14
Wages	£1,124,750	£1,711,469	£2,564,171	£1,860,265	£2,228,453	£1,348,167

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	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	1.4%	-0.6%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	-7.3%	-0.4%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	25.6%	-9.5%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	2.25x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	4381.53x	—

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: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: THP Limited
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.”

Group structure

M.W. BEER & CO. LIMITED · parent
1. Auco Energy Limited 100% · England & Wales · Commodity Broking
2. MUTA Corp 15% · Delaware, USA · Environmental Services

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

People

4 active · 9 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HOLMES, Clifford	Secretary	2011-08-31	—	—
BEER, Martin	Director	1999-09-01	Sep 1963	British
HOLMES, Clifford	Director	2012-05-01	Sep 1969	British
WOLLEY, Hugh	Director	2020-03-01	Apr 1957	British

Show 9 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BEER, Linda	Secretary	—	1992-08-11
POEL, Grahame Leslie	Secretary	1992-08-11	2011-08-31
BEER, Linda	Director	—	1999-09-01
BEER, Michael William	Director	—	2020-01-22
BUNZLI, Kurt	Director	—	1992-11-09
CAMPBELL, Ian	Director	2013-09-01	2019-01-11
DIXON, Derek Alan	Director	2008-09-15	2012-05-16
FRY, Michael Peter	Director	1999-09-01	2017-08-31
POEL, Grahame Leslie	Director	1999-09-01	2012-05-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
M W Beer Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 134 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-09	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-12-07	CH03	officers	Change person secretary company with change date	PDF
2025-12-07	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-08-21	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-08-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-06-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-11-19	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-07-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-07-10	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-07-10	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-06-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2022-07-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-12-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2021-09-25	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2021-07-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-12-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2020-10-29	CH03	officers	Change person secretary company with change date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

-23.4%

£78,264,644 £59,969,950
Cash

+75.4%

£1,594,965 £2,796,926
Net assets

-5.2%

£4,136,276 £3,922,684
Employees

0%

14 14
Operating profit

-135.8%

£1,060,330 -£379,398
Profit before tax

+100.7%

-£7,760,691 £54,244

first positive since 2023
Wages

-39.5%

£2,228,453 £1,348,167

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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