FREDERIC ROBINSON GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-02 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-16
Watchouts
Cash
£826K
-55.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£78M
+6.1% vs 2023
Employees
1,113
+6.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+31.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £92,322,000 | £97,714,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,804,000 | £6,153,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,157,000 | £6,780,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,542,000 | £5,063,000 | |
| Cash | £1,841,000 | £826,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £95,109,000 | £101,601,000 | |
| Net assets | £73,496,000 | £77,969,000 | |
| Equity | £73,496,000 | £77,969,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,046 | 1,113 | |
| Wages | £24,352,000 | £27,128,000 |
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 | 5.2% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.1% | 6.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.50x | 0.46x | |
| Interest cover | 5.09x | 3.43x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the ability of the Group and the Company to continue as a going concern for the 12 months from the date of the signing of these financial statements, which includes the preparation of forecasts for the period to 30 April 2026. Despite having net current liabilities of £17.6m the Group has access to further draw down on its existing loan facilities. With headroom of £12.5m on the existing borrowing facility as at the end of December 2024, and £0.8m of cash in the bank, the directors consider it appropriate for the annual financial statements of the Group to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- FREDERIC ROBINSON GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Frederic Robinson Limited 100%
- Bell & Co Limited 100%
- Hartleys (Ulverston) Limited 100%
- Kay's Atlas Brewery Limited 100%
- Old Brewery (Ulverston) Limited 100%
- Unicorn Brewery Limited 100%
- Unicorn Wine Limited 100%
- Individual Inns Limited 100%
- Individual Inns 2 Limited 100%
- Individual Inns 3 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “We completed our new brewery in 2024 with trial brews being run at the end of the year ready for it to go into full production in 2025. This is behind schedule with delays being caused by a combination of factors including a fire at the departing port in China where the brewery was manufactured, to disruption on the global shipping lanes through the Suez Canal. However, the project has remained within budgeted parameters and will deliver significant savings in 2025, as brewing operations are consolidated onto the Unicorn packaging site. Notwithstanding the strong performance in 2024, 2025 promises to be a much more challenging year as a result of the changes to employers' national insurance, minimum living wage and the 35% reduction in Business Rates relief introduced by the Chancellor in her Autumn Budget in addition to the new Extended Producer Regulations which will impact our profits severely. This is a real setback for the business and our Pub Partners businesses following our recovery from the pandemic. As a family business, we are also impacted by the changes announced to Business Property Relief in the Budget, the long-term impact of these changes will be incredibly damaging and we are working with many organisations including Family Business UK to explain the level of damage this policy will do to business investment and consequently the economy.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUNN, Fiona Catherine | Director | 2023-02-17 | Feb 1958 | British |
| MOODY, Philip Edward | Director | 2023-02-17 | Jul 1954 | British |
| ROBINSON, Oliver John | Director | 2023-02-17 | Jan 1971 | British |
| ROBINSON, Sara Xanthe | Director | 2023-02-17 | Oct 1977 | British |
| ROBINSON, William Joseph | Director | 2023-02-17 | Jul 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Tony | Director | 2023-02-17 | Dec 1967 | British |
| WELHAM, Christopher | Director | 2023-02-17 | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Sara Xanthe | Secretary | 2023-02-17 | 2023-02-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Joseph Robinson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-06-25 | Active |
| Mrs Sara Xanthe Robinson Densem | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-06-25 | Active |
| Mr Dennis William Robinson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2023-06-19 | Ceased 2024-04-07 |
| Mr William Joseph Robinson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-02-17 | Ceased 2025-01-29 |
| Mrs Sara Xanthe Robinson Densem | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-02-17 | Ceased 2023-06-19 |
| Mr Oliver John Robinson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2023-02-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 24 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-05-10 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-08-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-08-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
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Turnover
+5.8%
£92,322,000 £97,714,000
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Cash
-55.1%
£1,841,000 £826,000
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Net assets
+6.1%
£73,496,000 £77,969,000
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Employees
+6.4%
1,046 1,113
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Operating profit
+28.1%
£4,804,000 £6,153,000
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Profit before tax
+31.5%
£5,157,000 £6,780,000
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Wages
+11.4%
£24,352,000 £27,128,000
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