THOMAS HARDY HOLDINGS LIMITED

1. THOMAS HARDY HOLDINGS LIMITED 1997-04-02 → present
2. OVAL (1152) LIMITED 1996-12-27 → 1997-04-02

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

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

BDO LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has more than adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”

Group structure

1. THOMAS HARDY HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
   1. Thomas Hardy Burtonwood Limited 100% · England and Wales · Contract packaging of beers, made ciders, soft drinks, tonics, wines and spirits.
   2. Thomas Hardy Kendal Limited 100% · England and Wales · Contract packaging of beers, made ciders, soft drinks, tonics, wines and spirits.

Significant events

• “This year has been a transitional year for the group as inflation has started to settle down and the group has entered its first foray into can production at its Bold Lane site in Burtonwood.”
• “The group has renewed in the year, or is in the process of renewing, packaging agreements with a number of its customers. A new agreement to provide canning services to an existing bottling customer was also signed during the year with a volume commitment to support the investment.”
• “A project to ship, install and commission a canning line from Croatia to Burtonwood to a strict deadline took place during the year. The first saleable product came off the line in early August and the directors are very happy with the volume ramp up being achieved by the team at Burtonwood.”
• “In support of the can line investment, the group entered into a new loan facility with Barclays, drawing down £4,000,000 to part fund the project.”
• “During the year the brewery buildings in Burtonwood were demolished as part of an expansion scheme that will include a new warehouse facility at the site. Planning consent was granted in November 2023 and with the canning line now up and running the directors will turn their attention to potentially building a new 70,000 square foot warehouse to support existing customers whilst hopefully attracting new ones.”
• “The Directors forecast that volumes in the coming year will be higher than 2024 as a result of a small increase in bottling volumes and the first full year of canning production volumes. With the historical investments made and a potential investment in warehousing anticipated, the group are well placed to provide its existing and prospective customers a world class service for years to come.”

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

  +4.7%

  £18,919,000 → £19,812,000

• Cash

  +127%

  £2,300,000 → £5,222,000

• Net assets

  +1.4%

  £22,474,000 → £22,778,000

• Employees

  +0.8%

  118 → 119

• Operating profit

  -3.3%

  £1,927,000 → £1,863,000

• Profit before tax

  -2.7%

  £1,836,000 → £1,787,000

• Wages

  +9.3%

  £6,967,000 → £7,612,000

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