REFRESCO DRINKS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-30 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£51K
-98.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£100M
+0.3% vs 2023
Employees
966
-4.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£980K
-90.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- REFRESCO DRINKS UK LIMITED 2018-04-27 → present
- COTT BEVERAGES LIMITED 1997-11-28 → 2018-04-27
- COTT UK LIMITED 1995-07-31 → 1997-11-28
- BENJAMIN SHAW (PONTEFRACT) LIMITED 1994-01-26 → 1995-07-31
- THOA COMPUTERS LIMITED 1993-07-14 → 1994-01-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £307,308,000 | £269,769,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,006,000 | £3,026,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,361,000 | £980,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,713,000 | £1,283,000 | |
| Cash | £3,248,000 | £51,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £146,755,000 | £117,897,000 | |
| Net assets | £99,402,000 | £99,682,000 | |
| Equity | £99,402,000 | £99,682,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,010 | 966 | |
| Wages | £39,006,000 | £37,023,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.2% | 2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.9% | 59.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.36x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 4.22x | 0.83x |
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 LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's business activities together with the factors likely to impact its future development, performance and position are set out in the Strategic Report. The Company has well established relationships with customers and suppliers. The Company's financial forecasts, taking into consideration the current environment show that the Company is expected to remain profitable and generate positive cash flows giving the Company the ability to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. As a consequence the directors believe that the Company is a going concern and is well placed to manage its business risk successfully. The Company has the financial support of the Refresco Group which has sufficient cash and liquidity to fund the operations if necessary and a letter of support has been provided indicating that it will continue to support the business until at least 30 June 2026.”
Significant events
- “2024 was another year of significant externally driven change for the Company: the ongoing cost of living crisis, ongoing inflation and tightness in the labour market; economic uncertainty; and a change of government in the UK - these all contributed to another dynamic period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 60 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALTON, Robin Francis | Director | 2022-07-01 | Feb 1984 | British |
| LOGAN, James | Director | 2023-01-01 | Oct 1978 | British |
| REFRESCO EUROPE B.V. | Corporate Director | 2025-01-28 | — | — |
Show 60 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRUICKSHANK, Stuart | Secretary | 1994-03-28 | 1994-12-12 |
| HENDERSON, Paul | Secretary | 1994-01-27 | 1994-03-28 |
| MACKIE, Brian | Secretary | 1994-12-12 | 1997-04-28 |
| MAIN, David Robert | Secretary | 2005-08-08 | 2007-03-08 |
| SMITH, Michael Andrew | Secretary | 1997-04-28 | 1997-08-29 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-07-14 | 1994-01-17 |
| HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-08-29 | 2005-08-05 |
| HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-01-17 | 1994-01-27 |
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-03-08 | 2022-05-01 |
| AUSHER, Jason Robert | Director | 2015-08-14 | 2018-01-30 |
| BIRRELL, Christopher Thomas Frederick | Director | 1999-05-13 | 2004-01-09 |
| BRENNAN, Catherine Marie Helen | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2009-07-29 |
| CADDEN, Trevor Vincent | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2018-06-11 |
| CORBY, Stephen | Director | 2013-06-11 | 2015-11-30 |
| DOWLING, Christopher Bruce | Director | 1994-01-31 | 1995-06-01 |
| DUFFY, Claire | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2018-01-30 |
| DUIJZER, Aart | Director | 2018-06-11 | 2022-02-22 |
| FOWDEN, Jeremy Stephen Gary | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2008-09-01 |
| GROVER, Mark | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2018-06-11 |
| HARRIS, Barbara | Director | 1999-10-20 | 2001-06-30 |
| HARRIS, Stephen Frederick | Director | 1995-07-17 | 1995-12-31 |
| HARRISON, Ivor | Director | 1999-10-20 | 2001-01-31 |
| HOYLE, Jeremy Stephen | Director | 2009-09-14 | 2016-12-31 |
| HRSTIC, Nikola | Director | 1995-07-17 | 1997-10-09 |
| JACKSON, Laura | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2014-08-06 |
| JOYNSON, Andrew Douglas Stuart | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2010-04-01 |
| KITCHING, Steven | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2018-01-30 |
| KITCHING, Steven | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2013-06-10 |
| LANGDON, Michael Robert Finch | Director | 1994-01-31 | 1995-06-01 |
| LEITER, Gregory | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2015-08-14 |
| LESTER, Simon Edmund George | Director | 1994-01-27 | 1999-05-19 |
| LLOYD-DAVIES, Joanne | Director | 2013-09-04 | 2016-03-31 |
| MACKIE, Brian | Director | 1995-07-17 | 2000-01-13 |
| MAIN, David Robert | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2007-03-08 |
| MASON, Robert Andrew | Director | 2008-01-07 | 2009-01-16 |
| MCFARLAND, William Lewis | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2025-02-01 |
| MURFIN, Andrew James | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2006-08-01 |
| PACKER, Adee-Monia | Director | 2022-02-22 | 2022-07-01 |
| PIENAAR, Jan Abraham | Director | 2021-02-16 | 2022-04-15 |
| POOLE, Louisa Jane | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2010-04-01 |
| PRESLAR, B Clyde | Director | 2006-07-10 | 2006-12-01 |
| RICHARDSON, Paul Robert | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2003-06-30 |
| ROELOFS, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus | Director | 2018-06-11 | 2025-02-01 |
| SAINT, David John | Director | 2018-06-11 | 2023-01-01 |
| SAUNDERS, Gary Edward | Director | 1999-05-13 | 2001-06-30 |
| SILCOCK, Raymond Peter | Director | 1999-03-10 | 2005-04-29 |
| SKOFIC, Jonathan Henry | Director | 2006-12-12 | 2007-03-08 |
| SKOFIC, Jonathan Henry | Director | 2001-07-10 | 2002-08-27 |
| SKOFIC, Jonathan Henry | Director | 1994-01-27 | 1999-05-10 |
| SWARBRICK, Andrew | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2017-07-14 |
| THOMPSETT, Clive | Director | 1994-01-27 | 1995-12-22 |
| THOMPSON, Neil | Director | 1999-03-10 | 2002-02-19 |
| TURNER, Michael John | Director | 2007-03-08 | 2013-09-04 |
| VERNON, Matthew James | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2018-06-18 |
| WALKER, Colin | Director | 2005-04-29 | 2006-08-01 |
| WHITLEY, Nicholas Edward | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2007-10-19 |
| WILLARD, Wynn A | Director | 2006-12-04 | 2008-02-01 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-07-14 | 1994-07-14 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-07-14 | 1994-01-17 |
| HACKWOOD DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-01-17 | 1994-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pride Foods Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-30 | Active |
| Cott Retail Brands Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 335 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-15 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-09-15 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2023-08-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-12.2%
£307,308,000 £269,769,000
-
Cash
-98.4%
£3,248,000 £51,000
-
Net assets
+0.3%
£99,402,000 £99,682,000
-
Employees
-4.4%
1,010 966
-
Operating profit
-74.8%
£12,006,000 £3,026,000
-
Profit before tax
-90.5%
£10,361,000 £980,000
-
Wages
-5.1%
£39,006,000 £37,023,000
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