ALCOHOLS LIMITED
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Cash
£5m
+360.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£21m
+2.4% vs 2024
Employees
63
-14.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£988k
+225.4% first positive since 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,880,514 | £35,140,741 | £32,003,651 | -8.9% | |
| Operating profit | £2,061,211 | -£807,889 | £948,766 | +217.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,091,879 | -£787,878 | £988,178 | +225.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,698,842 | -£517,784 | £600,494 | +216% | |
| Cash | £1,744,557 | £1,088,844 | £5,014,321 | +360.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,015,506 | £21,594,823 | £22,432,271 | +3.9% | |
| Net assets | £21,313,022 | £20,510,238 | £21,010,732 | +2.4% | |
| Equity | £21,313,022 | £20,510,238 | £21,010,732 | +2.4% | |
| Average employees | 73 | 74 | 63 | -14.9% | |
| Wages | £3,214,792 | £3,230,842 | £2,848,326 | -11.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £631,718 | £540,768 | £531,462 | -1.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £53,315 | £107,022 | £98,548 | -7.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £193,920 | £160,720 | £158,904 | -1.1% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | -2.3% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | -1.5% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.0% | -3.7% | 4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.3% | 29.7% | 28.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.34x | 1.78x | 2.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | -14.08x | 14.51x |
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
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern”
Group structure
- ALCOHOLS LIMITED · parent
- Trithin Products Limited 100%
- Alcohols (North West) Limited 100%
- Lang-Met Distillers Limited 100%
- Langley Distillery Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LING, Robert Harry | Director | — | Apr 1952 | British |
| NORTH, Matthew Brian | Director | 2026-09-01 | Jan 1972 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Natalie Mary | Director | 2022-07-01 | Oct 1989 | British |
| WALLIS, Adam John | Director | — | Feb 1960 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LING, Robert Harry | Secretary | 1993-04-30 | 2016-04-08 |
| WATERS, Emrys John | Secretary | — | 1993-04-30 |
| AUGER, Raymond John | Director | — | 1996-08-02 |
| EVANS, Richard Charles | Director | 2015-11-02 | 2025-10-31 |
| HOOPER, Arthur John Stanbury | Director | — | 1994-07-12 |
| ROESCHLAUB, Carl Andrew, Dr | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2026-06-30 |
| WALLIS, William Raymond | Director | — | 1994-03-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.H.Palmer & Co. (Industries) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2025-01-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2025-01-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2024-10-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-15 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.