CHAPEL DOWN GROUP PLC

1. CHAPEL DOWN GROUP PLC 2011-09-21 → present
2. ENGLISH WINES GROUP PLC 2002-01-28 → 2011-09-21

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

IFRS

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”

Group structure

1. CHAPEL DOWN GROUP PLC · parent
   1. English Wines Plc 100% · England and Wales · Production and sale of alcoholic beverages

Significant events

• “Current trading performance. Underlying consumer demand remained strong in 2024, and while Group NSR was down 5% since the prior year, this was impacted by c.£1.3m of one-off factors including retailer stock reductions in excess of £1m, with the impact of hosting the Coronation weekend in the comparative of c.£0.3m. 2024 Q4 trading, and in particular the Christmas period was very strong (+38% Sparkling, +29% Overall), demonstrating renewed momentum heading into 2025.”
• “Forecast trading performance. The directors have reviewed the Group's detailed trading budget and cash flow projections. Due to the long-term capital cycle of winemaking businesses, it takes several years for investment in new vineyards to translate into sales growth. Over the next three years, the Group has committed investments by way of cash into new vineyard plantings, plant and machinery, and the Group's IT platforms, so management believe the Group is well-positioned to achieve sustained growth through the period to 2028 and beyond.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

1

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -6.4%

  £20,135,454 → £18,844,856

• Cash

  -2.2%

  £1,004,305 → £981,963

• Net assets

  -4.9%

  £34,325,937 → £32,651,595

• Employees

  +7%

  86 → 92

• Operating profit

  -136.8%

  £2,452,958 → -£901,628

• Profit before tax

  -160.7%

  £2,307,123 → -£1,400,399

• Wages

  +0.4%

  £4,079,874 → £4,098,104

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