LANCASTER BREWERY GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-15 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£304K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
Equity attributable
Employees
30
Average over period
Profit before tax
£147K
Period ending 2025-01-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £2,081,828 | |
| Operating profit | — | £211,070 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £147,292 | |
| Net profit | — | £102,519 | |
| Cash | — | £303,700 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1 | £6,562,270 | |
| Net assets | £1 | £4,787,288 | |
| Equity | £1 | £4,787,288 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 30 | |
| Wages | — | £562,293 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 10.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 53.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.32x | |
| Interest cover | — | 3.19x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements and notwithstanding the net current liabilities of £2,549,031, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- LANCASTER BREWERY GROUP LIMITED · parent
- C2 Investment Limited 100%
- Lancaster Brewery Inns Limited 100%
- Lancaster Brewery Company Limited 100%
- Lancaster Distillery & Spirits Company Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In July 2025 the company refinanced the £1,940,055 of loans outstanding as at the year end and obtained a £2,000,000 loan repayable in 15 installments of £50,000 plus a final lump sum payable in July 2030.”
- “On 24 October 2025 Lancaster Brewery Group Limited received dividends of £278,337 from C2 Investment Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMPSON, Raluca | Secretary | 2023-05-02 | — | — |
| JACKSON, Matthew Scott | Director | 2025-01-20 | Jan 1972 | British |
| MITCHELL, Piran | Director | 2025-02-20 | May 1962 | British |
| SIMPSON, Phillip Anthony | Director | 2023-05-02 | Aug 1971 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Phillip Anthony Simpson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-05-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 13 of 13 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-11-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31