DANIEL THWAITES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
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Cash
£3.8m
+46.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£257m
+1.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,695
+0.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£11m
+8.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £115,500,000 | £120,600,000 | £127,000,000 | +5.3% | |
| Operating profit | £11,500,000 | £12,200,000 | £13,200,000 | +8.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £9,100,000 | £9,800,000 | £10,600,000 | +8.2% | |
| Net profit | £7,300,000 | £7,600,000 | £7,800,000 | +2.6% | |
| Cash | £3,200,000 | £2,600,000 | £3,800,000 | +46.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £303,100,000 | £277,200,000 | £309,600,000 | +11.7% | |
| Net assets | £250,800,000 | £253,400,000 | £257,300,000 | +1.5% | |
| Equity | £250,800,000 | £253,400,000 | £257,300,000 | +1.5% | |
| Average employees | 862 | 1,685 | 1,695 | +0.6% | |
| Wages | £34,300,000 | £36,400,000 | £38,600,000 | +6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,015,800 | £782,700 | £1,581,800 | +102.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £38,500 | £41,400 | £42,400 | +2.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £549,700 | £383,200 | £887,200 | +131.5% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 10.1% | 10.4% | |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.8% | 4.4% | 4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.5% | 23.6% | 23.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.52x | 0.20x | 0.39x | |
| Interest cover | 2.17x | 2.30x | 2.81x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Group has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence, and meet its liabilities as they fall due, for the period of at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- DANIEL THWAITES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
- Shire Hotels Limited 100%
- Shire Inns Limited 100%
- Lodge on the Park Limited 100%
- Park Hotels Limited 100%
- Thwaites Inns Limited 100%
- Yerburgh Estates Limited 100%
- Rosewood Limited 100%
- Wirral Inns Limited 100%
- Royal Oak Limited 100%
- Yates and Jackson Limited 100%
- Star Lager Brewing Limited 100%
- Preston Breweries Limited 100%
- Bury Brewery Limited 100%
- Daniel Thwaites (Trustee) Limited 100%
- Langdale Chase Hotel Limited 100%
- Langdale Chase Limited 100%
- Lady Anne Middleton's Hotel Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company purchased 2,187,500 shares for an average price of £0.91, a total cost of £2.0m.”
- “Capital expenditure was £13.4m (2025: £14.7m).”
- “During the year we sold six pubs that no longer met our requirements and four surplus ancillary properties with total proceeds of £3.6m (2025: £2.1m).”
- “In October 2025 we acquired the lease of the Blue Bell Cider House in Hockley Heath which sits within our tenanted pub business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIRKHAM, Jayne Louise | Secretary | 2025-04-01 | — | — |
| BAILEY, Richard Anthony John, Mr. | Director | 2002-11-06 | Nov 1973 | British |
| FISHER, Mark Peter Edmund | Director | 2019-06-01 | Jan 1969 | British |
| GEORGEL, Kevin Roger | Director | 2025-06-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
| MCKINLEY, Roseanna Cicely Lucretia | Director | 2022-11-01 | Dec 1977 | British |
| WOOD, Kevin David | Director | 2010-03-25 | Jan 1966 | British |
| YERBURGH, Ann Jean Mary | Director | — | Oct 1947 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PICKUP, Winston | Secretary | — | 2004-12-01 |
| WOODWARD, Susan Irene | Secretary | 2004-12-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| BAKER, Paul Anthony | Director | — | 2008-12-31 |
| BARNES, Michael John | Director | 2014-06-02 | 2018-12-31 |
| BENSON, David Holford | Director | 1998-10-29 | 2006-08-03 |
| BODDY, Peter Ashley | Director | 2007-10-04 | 2015-10-20 |
| COLLIER, Robert Bryan | Director | 2001-12-14 | 2007-06-01 |
| DEAN, James Fitzroy | Director | 2000-01-27 | 2010-09-23 |
| HARKNESS, Ian Alexander Mackay | Director | — | 2007-06-01 |
| HICKMAN, Brian Charles | Director | 2004-05-13 | 2007-10-18 |
| KAY, John David | Director | — | 2001-08-02 |
| LOWE, David | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2009-08-31 |
| MACKENZIE, Nicholas Stephen | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2019-03-31 |
| MARTIN, Jeremy Tobin Wyatt | Director | — | 2001-08-02 |
| MORRIS, Peter | Director | 2008-05-15 | 2011-03-25 |
| ROBSON, Denis Anthony | Director | — | 2009-03-31 |
| SALISBURY-JONES, Raymond Arthur | Director | — | 1999-07-29 |
| SPENCER, Antony Hugh | Director | 2006-05-18 | 2011-10-24 |
| STOTHERT, Richard Andrew | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| THOMPSON, Rupert Geoffrey Ryland | Director | 2010-09-23 | 2013-04-03 |
| THOMPSON, William Geoffrey | Director | — | 2002-08-01 |
| YERBURGH, Arabella Mary Rosalind | Director | 2010-09-23 | 2016-06-01 |
| YERBURGH, John Maurice Armstrong | Director | — | 2010-12-07 |
| YERBURGH, Oscar Guy Hamlyn | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2022-11-01 |
| YOUNG HERRIES, William Michael | Director | 1995-06-29 | 2007-06-01 |
| YOUNG-HERRIES, Michael, Sir | Director | — | 1995-05-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jmay Trustees No. 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence (as trust) | 2018-08-13 | Active |
| Jmay Trustees No. 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence (as trust) | 2018-08-13 | Active |
| Mr Richard Anthony John Bailey | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-08 |
| Mr Hugh Montieth Maclaren | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 260 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-21 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-07-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-04-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-03-03 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-03-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-09 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-09-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-09-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-09-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-08-27 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 14
- 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.