THATCHERS CIDER COMPANY LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

• Turnover

  +5%

  £203,904,000 → £214,162,000

• Cash

  -54.1%

  £14,455,000 → £6,638,000

• Net assets

  +11%

  £50,585,000 → £56,166,000

• Employees

  +3.1%

  261 → 269

• Operating profit

  +5%

  £15,616,000 → £16,394,000

• Profit before tax

  +6.9%

  £15,844,000 → £16,936,000

• Wages

  +11.6%

  £12,484,000 → £13,930,000

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

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.

1. THATCHERS CIDER COMPANY LIMITED 1987-04-16 → present
2. CHEDDAR VALLEY CIDER COMPANY LIMITED 1983-06-01 → 1987-04-16
3. PETER CHAMPENEY LIMITED 1955-06-13 → 1983-06-01

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Bishop Fleming Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “Thatchers Cider delivered another record-breaking year, achieving its highest-ever turnover and market share, and reinforcing its position as the cider brand of choice for UK consumers.”
• “For the first time, Thatchers secured the position as the UK's number one cider brand in the off-trade.”
• “Thatchers Zero entered the top 10 no/low alcohol brands across all categories, becoming the fastest-growing large brand across Beer and Cider. Sales more than doubled year-on-year.”
• “Thatchers Juicy Apple was fully launched in 2025 and quickly became the number one new product development of the year.”
• “In 2024/5, we invested a further £19.8m in capital expenditure.”
• “installed state-of-the-art technology to capture heat produced during the cider-making process and reuse it to heat The Hive and the Railway Inn. The new heat pump is estimated to save 478,729kW of energy annually.”
• “The year also brought a truly vintage harvest. A mild spring followed by a long, hot summer produced our earliest harvest in 121 years, with apples bursting with rich sugars and tannins, perfect for cidermaking.”
• “In April, we planted 14,500 new Katy and Red Windsor apple trees across a brand-new 50-acre orchard in Somerset.”

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

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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