HOOK NORTON BREWERY COMPANY,LIMITED(THE)

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Next accounts due

2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-24 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-12-10

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-17.2% lowest in 10 filed years

Net assets

£13M

+4.1% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

+1.4% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£590K

+1.5% highest in 6 filed years

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

HOOK NORTON BREWERY COMPANY,LIMITED(THE)·Consumer Staples median · n=1796

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30

Metric	2019-09-30	2019-10-01	2020-09-30	2020-10-01	2021-09-30	2021-10-01	2022-09-30	2022-10-01	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Turnover	£7,209,109	—	£5,786,878	—	£5,964,689	—	£8,666,028	—	£8,997,559	£9,423,515
Operating profit	£245,077	—	-£288,073	—	£75,430	—	£319,641	—	£613,171	£568,159
Profit before tax	£189,400	—	-£336,800	—	£27,677	—	£278,675	—	£581,009	£589,786
Net profit	£80,855	—	-£347,938	—	-£155,001	—	£219,768	—	£555,236	£545,230
Cash	£1,604,267	£1,604,267	£1,769,267	£1,769,267	£1,842,718	£1,842,718	£1,485,834	£1,485,834	£1,731,325	£1,433,981
Total assets less current liabilities	£13,820,774	—	£13,942,760	—	£13,958,305	—	£13,042,572	—	£13,144,177	£13,571,880
Net assets	£11,810,208	—	£11,484,702	—	£11,628,120	—	£11,847,159	—	£12,354,541	£12,860,583
Equity	£11,810,208	£11,810,208	£11,484,702	£11,484,702	£11,628,120	£11,628,120	£11,847,159	£11,847,159	£12,354,541	£12,860,583
Average employees	61	—	60	—	72	—	79	—	72	73
Wages	£1,688,462	—	£1,623,749	—	£1,898,407	—	£2,197,942	—	£2,235,965	£2,364,031
Directors' remuneration	£173,489	—	£160,042	—	£144,198	—	£175,300	—	£177,630	£193,500

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

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30

Turnover

+4.7%

£8,997,559 £9,423,515

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

-17.2%

£1,731,325 £1,433,981

lowest in 10 filed years
Net assets

+4.1%

£12,354,541 £12,860,583

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

+1.4%

72 73
Operating profit

-7.3%

£613,171 £568,159

first positive since 2020
Profit before tax

+1.5%

£581,009 £589,786

highest in 6 filed years
Wages

+5.7%

£2,235,965 £2,364,031

highest in 6 filed years

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

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2019-09-30	2019-10-01	2020-09-30	2020-10-01	2021-09-30	2021-10-01	2022-09-30	2022-10-01	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Operating margin	3.4%	—	-5.0%	—	1.3%	—	3.7%	—	6.8%	6.0%
Net margin	1.1%	—	-6.0%	—	-2.6%	—	2.5%	—	6.2%	5.8%
Return on capital employed	1.8%	—	-2.1%	—	0.5%	—	2.5%	—	4.7%	4.2%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.41x	1.97x
Interest cover	3.99x	—	-5.36x	—	1.52x	—	6.65x	—	8.48x	17.30x

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: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: James Cowper Kreston Audit
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Company has prepared forecasts and projections using what the Directors believe to be reasonable assumptions relating to the Company's financial performance, current financial position and existing financial resources for a period of at least 12 months from signing of the financial statements which show the Company to be a going concern. These forecasts and projections show the Company to be a going concern based on current cash and borrowings available. Based on the above, the Directors are of the opinion that the going concern principle is applicable and that the Company has the necessary resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”

Significant events

“On May 20th we suffered a catastrophic fire in the stables building.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 8 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CHURTON, David Nigel Vardon	Secretary	2015-04-22	—	—
CHURTON, David Nigel Vardon	Director	2010-04-21	Jun 1949	British
CLARKE, James William	Director	1995-02-22	Jan 1971	British
PAVELEY, Jonathan David, Dr	Director	2009-07-06	Oct 1963	British
WILLIAMS, Charles Henry	Director	2009-03-26	Sep 1957	British
WILLIAMS, Fiona Elisabeth	Director	2005-07-21	Jan 1954	British

Show 8 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
PAINTIN, Frederick George	Secretary	—	2000-01-18
REED, John Mervyn Ingle	Secretary	2005-01-13	2014-11-30
STRATFORD, John Mortimer	Secretary	2000-01-20	2004-12-29
CHURTON, Alice	Director	—	2015-07-01
CLARKE, David William	Director	—	2004-09-29
GILCHRIST, Richard Anthony	Director	—	2009-01-24
STALEY, Adrian Neil	Director	2012-01-03	2015-08-07
STRATFORD, John Mortimer	Director	—	2004-12-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mrs Fiona Elisabeth Williams	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 165 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2025-03-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
2023-07-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
2021-05-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
2021-05-25 MA Memorandum articles

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-13	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2025-12-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-04-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-03-27	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2024-12-11	AD02	address	Change sail address company with new address	PDF
2024-12-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-12-10	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF
2024-05-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-02-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-07-05	SH19	capital	Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2023-07-05	SH20	capital	Legacy
2023-07-05	CAP-SS	insolvency	Legacy
2023-07-05	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2023-05-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-01-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-05-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-01-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-05-25	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2021-05-25	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2021-03-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 1
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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