TENNENT CALEDONIAN BREWERIES WHOLESALE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-14 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-31
Watchouts
Cash
£12M
+157.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£27M
-14.3% vs 2024
Employees
183
-28.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
-15% vs 2024
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TENNENT CALEDONIAN BREWERIES WHOLESALE LIMITED 2014-08-20 → present
- WALLACES OF AYR LIMITED 1983-01-26 → 2014-08-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £116,590,000 | £114,517,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,182,000 | £5,243,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,421,000 | £5,461,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,215,000 | £5,511,000 | |
| Cash | £4,586,000 | £11,796,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,201,000 | £30,260,000 | |
| Net assets | £31,168,000 | £26,704,000 | |
| Equity | £31,168,000 | £26,704,000 | |
| Average employees | 256 | 183 | |
| Wages | £7,755,000 | £5,750,000 |
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 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.1% | 17.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.0% | 60.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | 38.64x | 37.45x |
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)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The net current liabilities of the Company at 28 February 2025 are £0.4m (2024: £3.1m). The directors of the Company do not expect any significant changes in the Company's activities and they have reasonable expectations that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have concluded that the amounts due from Group undertakings are recoverable and, that the Company has sufficient resources to continue in operation, with the commitment of the ultimate parent undertaking, C&C Group plc, to provide financial support to the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due up to 31 August 2026. Based on the going concern review of the Group, such financial support is available. Accordingly they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Included within Other operating, selling and administration costs is £5.2m (2024: -£0.2m) of exceptional costs which relates to the following: -£1.7m restructuring costs including payroll related costs for a number of strategic initiatives to realign support functions and to optimise organisational structures to more efficiently support the business operations; and -£3.5m Costs relating to the closure of the Newbridge depot”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C&C MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2014-03-17 | — | — |
| HEFFERNAN, Riona | Director | 2020-01-03 | Jan 1980 | Irish |
| POZZI, Andrea | Director | 2022-01-19 | Jul 1971 | Italian |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COSH, Christopher | Secretary | 2010-08-30 | 2014-03-17 |
| COSH, Elizabeth Andrew Youill | Secretary | — | 2003-12-05 |
| MEIKLE, Ian Macrae | Secretary | 2003-12-05 | 2010-08-30 |
| BARCLAY, Kenneth Edward | Director | 2013-03-21 | 2016-05-17 |
| BOULOS, Mark | Director | 2016-09-05 | 2018-07-11 |
| BUCHANAN, Alexander Nicholas | Director | — | 1994-12-06 |
| CALDER, Brian James | Director | — | 2015-06-15 |
| CAMPBELL, Alastair Maclennan | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2016-09-02 |
| CATTO, Jonathan | Director | 2020-10-28 | 2022-01-19 |
| COSH, Christopher | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2015-12-11 |
| COSH, David Stephen | Director | — | 2003-12-05 |
| COSH, Elizabeth Andrew Youill | Director | — | 2003-12-05 |
| DALY, Alan | Director | 2013-03-21 | 2015-06-15 |
| FREW, Duncan Glen | Director | 2020-01-03 | 2020-04-21 |
| GLANCEY, Stephen | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2020-01-03 |
| GRAY, Kenneth Corbett | Director | 2020-01-03 | 2022-01-19 |
| JOHNSTON, David George | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2019-01-29 |
| KOWSZUN, James Stephen Peregrine | Director | 2022-01-19 | 2023-11-30 |
| MCGLOIN, Mark | Director | 2024-05-01 | 2026-03-26 |
| MCMAHON, Patrick | Director | 2020-07-23 | 2024-06-06 |
| NEISON, Kenneth | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2017-06-22 |
| POZZI, Andrea | Director | 2016-09-05 | 2020-01-03 |
| ROBERTSON, Ewan James | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2024-06-25 |
| ROBERTSON, Ewan James | Director | 2018-12-05 | 2020-03-12 |
| ROBERTSON, Ewan James | Director | 2016-05-17 | 2018-12-05 |
| SIMPSON, Linzie | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2003-11-01 |
| SOLESBURY, Jonathan | Director | 2020-03-25 | 2020-07-23 |
| WEBSTER, Richard Joseph | Director | 2022-01-19 | 2023-03-31 |
| WEBSTER, Richard Joseph | Director | 2018-12-05 | 2020-10-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C & C Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-07-04 | Active |
| Wallaces Express Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-07-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-21 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-08-20 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-29
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Turnover
-1.8%
£116,590,000 £114,517,000
-
Cash
+157.2%
£4,586,000 £11,796,000
-
Net assets
-14.3%
£31,168,000 £26,704,000
-
Employees
-28.5%
256 183
-
Operating profit
-15.2%
£6,182,000 £5,243,000
-
Profit before tax
-15%
£6,421,000 £5,461,000
-
Wages
-25.9%
£7,755,000 £5,750,000
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