ASTON MANOR LIMITED
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Cash
£163k
-26% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£40m
-0.9% vs 2024
Employees
352
-1.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.6m
-38.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £146,617,747 | £151,622,287 | £150,235,026 | -0.9% | |
| Operating profit | £3,433,124 | £2,784,278 | £1 | -100% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,130,180 | £2,657,866 | £1,646,093 | -38.1% | |
| Net profit | £2,342,604 | £2,498,638 | £1,619,801 | -35.2% | |
| Cash | £2,795,293 | £220,622 | £163,364 | -26% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £42,373,092 | £41,766,889 | -1.4% | |
| Net assets | £37,632,194 | £40,130,832 | £39,750,333 | -0.9% | |
| Equity | £37,632,194 | £40,130,832 | £39,750,333 | -0.9% | |
| Average employees | 363 | 358 | 352 | -1.7% | |
| Wages | £14,314,667 | £14,825,469 | £15,093,772 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £667,186 | £675,550 | £695,450 | +2.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £16,046 | £18,949 | £18,003 | -5% | |
| Highest paid director | £504,705 | £489,139 | £442,382 | -9.6% |
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 | 2.3% | 1.8% | 0.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 6.6% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.5% | 38.3% | 38.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 1.74x | 1.71x | |
| Interest cover | 11.33x | 22.03x | 0.00x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ASTON MANOR LIMITED 2017-02-25 → present
- ASTON MANOR BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED 1983-02-15 → 2017-02-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider that the Group has sufficient available financial resources to continue as a going concern and that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully. The Group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- ASTON MANOR LIMITED · parent
- Aston Manor Freeholds Limited 100%
Significant events
- “the decommissioning of the old process tank farm, which will enable the main production facility to be extended.”
- “the commissioning of a CHP plant at the Tiverton site, replacement of the Aston site's boiler with more efficient modern units and addition of flash pasteuriser.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEALL, Jamie | Secretary | 2019-08-31 | — | — |
| ALLCOCK, Sarah | Director | 2019-08-31 | Jun 1975 | British |
| DUPUY, Benjamin Christophe, Noël, Mr. | Director | 2024-03-18 | Jan 1980 | French |
| FRIEL, Glen Gordon | Director | 2025-09-08 | Nov 1967 | British |
| HEILLAUT, Julien Silvere | Director | 2025-07-01 | Oct 1969 | French |
| JACOBS, Yves Edouard | Director | 2018-08-07 | Feb 1963 | French |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, James Douglas | Secretary | 2009-10-05 | 2019-08-31 |
| ELLIS, Peter Douglas | Secretary | — | 2009-10-05 |
| ANSELL, Mark John | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2004-11-03 |
| ASQUITH, Glenn | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2011-11-30 |
| CLIFFORD, Paul | Director | 2009-07-17 | 2018-08-07 |
| CLIFFORD, Rodney Paul | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2018-08-07 |
| COLLINGS, Peter Glydon | Director | — | 2007-06-30 |
| ELLIS, Herbert Douglas | Director | — | 2018-08-07 |
| ELLIS, James Douglas | Director | 2009-10-05 | 2019-08-31 |
| ELLIS, Peter Douglas | Director | — | 2017-12-01 |
| FREAKLEY, Philip John | Director | — | 1997-04-04 |
| FRIEL, Glen Gordon | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2018-08-07 |
| GRAY, Terry Alan | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1996-05-03 |
| GREENSHIELDS, Roderick Norman | Director | — | 1992-02-29 |
| HANCOCKS, Michael Turley | Director | — | 2003-06-04 |
| JOHNCOX, Gordon Paul Hazell | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2025-09-08 |
| MCGRATH, Kevin Raymond | Director | 2005-10-20 | 2018-08-07 |
| MILLS, Rees, Sales Director | Director | 1992-12-09 | 1994-08-18 |
| ROUBAUD, Marc | Director | 2018-08-07 | 2024-01-01 |
| SPIERS, Ludovic | Director | 2018-08-07 | 2025-07-01 |
| STANWAY, Michael Stanton | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1997-08-15 |
| STRINGER, Marion | Director | 2005-10-20 | 2018-08-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Julien Silvere Heillaut | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-07-01 | Active |
| Bernard Jacques Antoine Guillard | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-09-29 | Active |
| Mr Ludovic Spiers | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-08-07 | Ceased 2025-07-01 |
| Arnaud Degoulet | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-08-07 | Ceased 2023-09-29 |
| Elparaiso Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2018-08-02 | Ceased 2018-08-07 |
| Herbert Douglas Ellis | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 249 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-22 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.