YOUNG & CO'S BREWERY PLC
Listed on the London Stock Exchange, the company operates an estate of managed and tenanted pubs and hotels across the United Kingdom, trading under various individual names including the Alexander Pope and The Alma.
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Cash
£8.1m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£793m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
7,065
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£41m
Period ending 2026-03-30
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 | 2026-03-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £388,800,000 | £485,800,000 | £508,200,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £28,600,000 | £37,900,000 | £59,300,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £20,700,000 | £18,100,000 | £41,100,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £11,100,000 | £10,000,000 | £28,100,000 | — | |
| Cash | £10,900,000 | £7,500,000 | £8,100,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,276,700,000 | £1,221,800,000 | £1,206,300,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £775,200,000 | £774,400,000 | £793,400,000 | — | |
| Equity | £775,200,000 | £774,400,000 | £793,400,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 6,082 | 6,282 | 7,065 | — | |
| Wages | £121,700,000 | £129,800,000 | £138,700,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,424,000 | £1,599,000 | £2,916,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £62,000 | £72,000 | £78,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £751,000 | £570,000 | £1,195,000 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 | 2026-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 7.8% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 2.1% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | 3.1% | 4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.7% | 41.1% | 39.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.44x | 0.31x | 0.24x | |
| Interest cover | 3.53x | 1.90x | 3.29x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider that the group is well placed to manage its business risks and continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- YOUNG & CO'S BREWERY PLC · parent
- The City Pub Company Limited 100%
- Geronimo Inns Limited 100%
- The City Pub Company (West) Limited 100%
- BNB Leisure Limited 100%
- Randall & Zechara Ltd 100%
- Barts Pub Ltd 98.9%
- The Galaxy (City) Pub Company Limited 69%
- The Sovereign (City) Pub Company Limited 69%
- The Brading Group Limited 50%
Significant events
- “During the year, we invested a total of £36.1 million in our estate, including major schemes at a number of pubs, such as The Stag (Belsize Park), The King and Queen (Belsize Park) and The Holly Bush (Walthamstow).”
- “Another milestone for Young's has been our move from AIM to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, which was completed on 28 April 2026.”
- “Following the disposal of one non-trading former City Pub, the surrender of two leases, the sale of an unlicenced property and then the freehold acquisition of one site, we finished the period with a total freehold estate of 177 trading pubs with rooms, providing a total of 1,065 bedrooms.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEQUIN, Severine Pascale | Secretary | 2025-01-20 | — | — |
| COOKE, Stephen John | Director | 2023-11-01 | Mar 1959 | British |
| DODD, Simon Ray | Director | 2019-09-02 | Jul 1974 | British |
| DODD, Tracy Janice | Director | 2016-09-06 | Jul 1969 | British |
| DUNSMORE, John Michael | Director | 2025-07-09 | Feb 1959 | British |
| DYSON, Ian | Director | 2024-09-02 | May 1962 | British |
| MEANY, Aisling Deirdre Maria | Director | 2021-09-01 | May 1982 | Irish |
| OWEN, Michael James | Director | 2019-09-09 | Sep 1970 | British |
| SLIGO-YOUNG, Torquil Charles Fflorance Barrow | Director | 1997-01-01 | Jul 1959 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDLAND, Christopher Andrew | Secretary | — | 2005-10-01 |
| SCHROEDER, Anthony Ian | Secretary | 2005-10-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| TAYLOR, Christopher Jon | Secretary | 2021-04-01 | 2025-02-28 |
| BRYAN, Nicholas Martin | Director | 2006-07-18 | 2017-04-04 |
| CLEVELY, Rupert John | Director | 2010-12-16 | 2015-04-27 |
| CLITHEROW, Christopher | Director | — | 1997-06-05 |
| CORZINE, Patricia Ann | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2021-01-11 |
| COTTRELL, Michael Noel Francis | Director | — | 1991-07-09 |
| DARDIS, Patrick Anthony | Director | 2003-07-17 | 2022-09-30 |
| GOODYEAR, Stephen Frederick | Director | 1996-02-01 | 2024-07-25 |
| LAMBERT, Roger Mark Uvedale | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| LOUGHBOROUGH, Mark Julian | Director | 2022-09-30 | 2024-10-04 |
| MCHOUL, Ian Philip | Director | 2018-01-24 | 2024-01-23 |
| MILLER, Nick Brian | Director | 2017-04-04 | 2025-07-09 |
| PAGE, David Michael | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2015-07-07 |
| PALMER, Brian Dudley Buller | Director | — | 2007-03-21 |
| READ, Charles Patrick Wilson | Director | — | 2003-07-15 |
| ROBINSON, Steven Allan | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2018-12-11 |
| SANDLAND, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2006-07-05 | 2011-07-12 |
| SANDLAND, Christopher Andrew | Director | — | 2006-04-13 |
| SERGEANT, Sarah Jane | Director | 2023-03-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| SHARMAN OF REDLYNCH, Colin, Lord | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2002-09-30 |
| SUMMERS, Roy, Dr | Director | 1995-07-11 | 2008-07-15 |
| TURNER, Edward James | Director | 2013-04-02 | 2015-07-24 |
| WHITEHEAD, Peter Wright | Director | 1997-01-20 | 2016-09-06 |
| YOUNG, James Guillaume Allen | Director | — | 2007-03-31 |
| YOUNG, John Allen | Director | — | 2006-09-17 |
| YOUNG, Thomas Fflorance Barrow | Director | — | 1999-07-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 483 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-08-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-08-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-08-26 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-08-25 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-08-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-08-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-08-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-08-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-08-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-30 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-07-30 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-07-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-07-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-07-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-07-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-07-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-07-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 15
- 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.