HOPS AND BARLEY LIMITED

1. HOPS AND BARLEY LIMITED 2018-08-17 → present
2. BEERSCELLARS (UK) LIMITED 1992-05-15 → 2018-08-17
3. BEER SCELLARS (UK) LIMITED 1991-07-31 → 1992-05-15

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

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Royce Peeling Green Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“It is the intention of the directors to continue to support the group financially, and the profits and cash flows generated are considered sufficient to ensure the group has adequate resources. Therefore, the directors have adopted a going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”

Group structure

1. HOPS AND BARLEY LIMITED · parent
   1. Whiston Social Ltd 100% · L6 5AT
   2. W Hall & Son (Holywell) Ltd 100% · L6 5AT

Significant events

• “During the year construction was completed of a new 10,000 sq ft warehouse with cash and carry shop attached close to our existing Holywell depot to improve our access to the Welsh market.”
• “After the reporting date, the Company received damages following the settlement of a court case relating to a historical fraud. At the reporting date, the legal proceedings were ongoing and the outcome was not virtually certain.”

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

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

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

  -2.3%

  £18,590,841 → £18,170,530

• Cash

  -11.5%

  £560,193 → £495,544

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Net assets

  -3.3%

  £1,816,481 → £1,755,837

• Employees

  0%

  80 → 80

• Operating profit

  -25.1%

  £362,087 → £271,040

• Profit before tax

  -28.5%

  £354,863 → £253,897

• Wages

  +6.5%

  £1,632,547 → £1,738,062

  highest in 4 filed years

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