GLAMORGAN BREWING COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-21 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+19.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-31.7% vs 2023
Employees
74
-5.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£587K
-59% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GLAMORGAN BREWING COMPANY LIMITED 2018-03-28 → present
- THE GLAMORGAN BEER COMPANY LIMITED 1994-11-07 → 2018-03-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,076,005 | £14,564,694 | |
| Operating profit | £1,451,956 | £587,186 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,431,200 | £587,443 | |
| Net profit | £1,091,400 | £517,891 | |
| Cash | £1,300,508 | £1,549,418 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,767,166 | £1,069,455 | |
| Net assets | £1,493,150 | £1,020,072 | |
| Equity | £1,493,150 | £1,020,072 | |
| Average employees | 78 | 74 | |
| Wages | £1,529,624 | £1,287,127 |
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 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 82.2% | 54.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.1% | 73.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.33x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 69.95x | 961.02x |
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
- Royce Peeling Green Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 17 April 2024 the company divested its brewing operations to a newco subject to common control.”
- “On 28 May 2024 the company's parent company, GBC Topco Limited, was acquired by LWC Drinks Limited ("LWC"), one of the UK's leading independent drinks wholesalers.”
- “The company year end was changed from 31 December to 30 September to align with that of the LWC group.”
- “LWC has purchased a new site in Tonyrefail, and will relocate operations there in June 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COWEN, Mark Phillip | Secretary | 2024-05-25 | — | — |
| GRAY, Robin Macewan | Director | 2024-05-25 | Sep 1951 | British |
| MUKADAM, Ebrahim Kassam | Director | 2024-05-25 | May 1957 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSTEE, John | Secretary | 1994-11-08 | 2022-02-27 |
| ANSTEE, Richard Morgan | Secretary | 2003-10-01 | 2024-05-25 |
| TAX BASE LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-11-07 | 1994-11-07 |
| ANSTEE, John | Director | 1994-11-08 | 2022-11-08 |
| ANSTEE, Rhys Thomas | Director | 2011-01-26 | 2021-01-05 |
| ANSTEE, Richard Morgan | Director | 2011-01-26 | 2024-05-25 |
| ATKINS, David John | Director | 2013-04-30 | 2024-05-25 |
| LLOYD, Christopher Alan | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2024-05-25 |
| POPE, Tyrone | Director | 2019-02-10 | 2024-05-25 |
| STEDMAN, Christopher Barry | Director | 1994-11-08 | 2003-10-01 |
| SHEPHERD HALLETT LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1994-11-07 | 1994-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gbc Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-04-27 | Active |
| G B C (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-23.6%
£19,076,005 £14,564,694
-
Cash
+19.1%
£1,300,508 £1,549,418
-
Net assets
-31.7%
£1,493,150 £1,020,072
-
Employees
-5.1%
78 74
-
Operating profit
-59.6%
£1,451,956 £587,186
-
Profit before tax
-59%
£1,431,200 £587,443
-
Wages
-15.9%
£1,529,624 £1,287,127
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