THE CITY PUB GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-01 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£178K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£113M
Equity attributable
Employees
1,174
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£6M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-10-07
- THE CITY PUB GROUP LIMITED 2024-10-07 → present
- THE CITY PUB GROUP PLC 2017-10-31 → 2024-10-07
- THE CITY PUB COMPANY (EAST) PLC 2011-10-18 → 2017-10-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-01 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,148,000 | £68,777,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£9,764,000 | -£4,884,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,194,000 | -£5,981,000 | |
| Net profit | -£9,547,000 | -£6,186,000 | |
| Cash | £12,311,000 | £178,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £143,376,000 | £148,496,000 | |
| Net assets | £110,487,000 | £113,272,000 | |
| Equity | £110,487,000 | £113,272,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,162 | 1,174 | |
| Wages | £5,022,000 | £20,768,000 |
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 | 2024-04-01 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -64.5% | -7.1% | |
| Net margin | -63.0% | -9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.8% | -3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.5% | 39.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.42x | 0.46x | |
| Interest cover | -22.71x | -4.45x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is well positioned to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. Young & Co 's Brewery PLC, the ultimate parent undertaking, has provided to the directors in writing, its intention to continue to support The City Pub Group for it to effectively manage its working capital as and when required.”
Group structure
- THE CITY PUB GROUP LIMITED · parent
- The City Pub Company (West) Limited 100%
- The Galaxy (City) Pub Company Limited 61%
- The Sovereign (City) Pub Company Limited 61%
- Barts Pub Limited 100%
- BNB Leisure Limited 100%
- Gresham Collective Limited 100%
- Randall & Zacharia Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company made a loss for the 52 week period of £6.2 million. The loss was driven by the one-off exceptional items for the period. The exceptional items of £16.2 million relate largely to costs associated with the acquisition of the Company by Young & Co 's Brewery, PLC...”
- “During the period, the company increased its shareholding in the Mosaic entities (The Galaxy (City) Pub Company Limited and The Sovereign (City) Pub Company Limited) to 61%.”
- “Subsequent to the period end date, the Company increased its shareholding in The Galaxy (City) Pub Company Limited and the Sovereign (City) Pub Company Limited, from 61% to 69%.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BÉQUIN, Séverine Pascale | Secretary | 2025-06-15 | — | — |
| DODD, Simon Ray | Director | 2024-03-05 | Jul 1974 | British |
| DODD, Tracy Janice | Director | 2024-10-22 | Jul 1969 | British |
| OWEN, Michael James | Director | 2024-03-05 | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUDGEON, James Alexander | Secretary | 2011-12-14 | 2023-01-24 |
| MERRIMAN, Christopher James | Secretary | 2023-01-24 | 2024-06-14 |
| PATEL, Henal | Secretary | 2025-02-26 | 2025-06-15 |
| TAYLOR, Christopher Jon | Secretary | 2024-06-14 | 2025-02-26 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-10-18 | 2011-12-14 |
| BRUCE, Alexander David Michael | Director | 2011-12-14 | 2018-01-17 |
| CLARK, Rupert James Lindsay | Director | 2013-04-16 | 2024-03-05 |
| DERRICK, Alexander John | Director | 2017-10-25 | 2020-11-10 |
| ELLIOTT, Holly Dominique | Director | 2021-11-29 | 2024-03-05 |
| FOX, Emma Louise | Director | 2021-03-11 | 2024-03-05 |
| GRIFFITHS, Neil Robert Ceidrych | Director | 2018-01-17 | 2024-03-05 |
| LASSMAN, Keith | Director | 2011-10-18 | 2011-12-14 |
| LOUGHBOROUGH, Mark Julian | Director | 2024-03-05 | 2024-10-22 |
| PRICKETT, Richard Other | Director | 2017-10-25 | 2024-03-05 |
| ROBERTS, Richard John | Director | 2011-12-14 | 2021-09-23 |
| SMITH, Toby Coultas | Director | 2020-11-10 | 2023-01-27 |
| WATSON, Clive Royston | Director | 2011-12-14 | 2024-03-05 |
| WATSON, James Royston | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2017-09-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Tarquin Owen | Director | 2015-03-02 | 2021-11-29 |
| HK NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-10-18 | 2011-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young & Co's Brewery, P.L.C. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 258 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2026-04-13 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-13 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-13 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-21 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-01-15 | MISC | miscellaneous | Miscellaneous | |
| 2026-01-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-30 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 12
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-04-01