BIBENDUM OFF TRADE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-21 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-07
Watchouts
Cash
£11M
-1.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£26M
+13.9% vs 2024
Employees
38
+2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-8.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BIBENDUM OFF TRADE LIMITED 2019-08-30 → present
- PLB GROUP LTD. 2002-05-16 → 2019-08-30
- PRIVATE LIQUOR BRANDS LIMITED 1986-09-30 → 2002-05-16
- PRIVATE LIQUOR BRANDS (O 1982-08-02 → 1986-09-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £87,800,000 | £92,838,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,431,000 | £3,106,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,509,000 | £3,222,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,413,000 | £3,094,000 | |
| Cash | £11,004,000 | £10,812,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,437,000 | £25,560,000 | |
| Net assets | £22,437,000 | £25,560,000 | |
| Equity | £22,437,000 | £25,560,000 | |
| Average employees | 37 | 38 | |
| Wages | £1,700,000 | £2,040,000 |
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 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.3% | 12.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.95x | 2.43x | |
| Interest cover | 127.07x | 129.42x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period to 30 September 2026, which is at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. The Directors continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Significant events
- “In August 2025, the immediate parent entity Bibendum Group Limited applied for voluntary liquidation. The new immediate parent of the Company will be C&C Holdings Limited. Consequently, C&C Holdings (NI) Limited is now the immediate parent company of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C&C MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-09-26 | — | — |
| HEFFERNAN, Riona | Director | 2022-01-19 | Jan 1980 | Irish |
| POZZI, Andrea | Director | 2022-01-19 | Jul 1971 | Italian |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIPPLE, Edward Alec | Secretary | — | 1997-02-21 |
| FREDERICKS, Simon Kenneth | Secretary | 1997-02-21 | 2014-10-28 |
| C&C MANAGEMENT SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-04-06 | 2018-09-26 |
| ALLEN, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2014-10-28 |
| AYLWIN, Mark Terence | Director | 2016-05-18 | 2018-01-31 |
| BARRACLOUGH, Bruce Sinclair | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2008-08-31 |
| BISLEY, Peter James | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2011-08-31 |
| BURSTON, James Alan | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2014-10-06 |
| CARTWRIGHT, David Antony | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2012-07-30 |
| CRAMERI, Peter Francis | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2003-10-20 |
| CROSSON, John A | Director | — | 1997-02-21 |
| DARBYSHIRE, Peter Michael | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2014-10-28 |
| DIPPLE, Edward Alec | Director | 1993-02-01 | 1997-02-21 |
| FREDERICKS, Janet Mary | Director | — | 2014-10-28 |
| FREDERICKS, Jeffrey Michael | Director | — | 2014-10-28 |
| FREDERICKS, Simon Kenneth | Director | 1993-02-01 | 2014-10-28 |
| HARRIS, Rosemary Creighton | Director | — | 2004-01-31 |
| HARRISON, Alistair Stuart | Director | 2016-05-18 | 2016-11-04 |
| HOOTON, John Michael | Director | 1997-11-05 | 2001-09-01 |
| HUMPHREYS, Andrew | Director | 2016-05-18 | 2017-10-30 |
| HUNTER, Diana | Director | 2016-05-18 | 2018-03-19 |
| JEBSON, Stephen Frederick | Director | 2018-04-06 | 2018-04-06 |
| JOHNSTON, David George | Director | 2018-04-06 | 2019-01-29 |
| KOWSZUN, James Stephen Peregrine | Director | 2019-10-14 | 2023-11-30 |
| KOWSZUN, James Stephen Peregrine | Director | 2014-10-28 | 2016-07-28 |
| MCCORD, David John | Director | — | 2006-04-27 |
| MCGLOIN, Mark | Director | 2024-05-01 | 2026-03-26 |
| MCMAHON, Patrick | Director | 2022-01-19 | 2024-06-06 |
| MORAN, Mark | Director | 2017-10-30 | 2018-04-06 |
| MUNDAY, Helen Sarah | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2013-02-28 |
| NEWTON, Jonathan Charles Maxwell | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| OSBORNE, John | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| POZZI, Andrea | Director | 2018-04-06 | 2019-10-14 |
| RILEY, Mark | Director | 2018-04-06 | 2018-04-06 |
| ROBERTSON, Ewan James | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2024-06-25 |
| ROBERTSON, Ewan James | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2022-02-23 |
| ROBERTSON, Ewan James | Director | 2018-04-06 | 2019-10-14 |
| SAUNDERS, Michael Potter | Director | 2019-10-14 | 2022-01-19 |
| SAUNDERS, Michael Potter | Director | 2014-10-28 | 2018-01-31 |
| SMALLMAN, Andrew Donald | Director | 2016-05-18 | 2018-04-06 |
| SMITH, John Edward Dudley | Director | — | 2009-11-01 |
| SOLESBURY, Jonathan | Director | 2018-04-06 | 2019-10-14 |
| VEALE, Michael Damian | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2006-12-22 |
| WALDER, Stephen John | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| WATERS, Robin Clare | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2014-10-28 |
| WEBSTER, Richard Joseph | Director | 2022-01-19 | 2023-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibendum Plb (Topco) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-25 | Ceased 2025-09-25 |
| C&C Holdings(Ni)Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-25 | Active |
| Bibendum Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-05-20 | Ceased 2025-09-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 282 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-29
-
Turnover
+5.7%
£87,800,000 £92,838,000
-
Cash
-1.7%
£11,004,000 £10,812,000
-
Net assets
+13.9%
£22,437,000 £25,560,000
-
Employees
+2.7%
37 38
-
Operating profit
-9.5%
£3,431,000 £3,106,000
-
Profit before tax
-8.2%
£3,509,000 £3,222,000
-
Wages
+20%
£1,700,000 £2,040,000
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