HOP BACK BREWERY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-28 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£278K
-38.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+2.6% vs 2024
Employees
54
+17.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£111K
+188.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,918,995 | £3,257,110 | |
| Operating profit | -£113,747 | £125,990 | |
| Profit before tax | -£124,826 | £110,661 | |
| Net profit | -£110,900 | £60,344 | |
| Cash | £453,742 | £278,283 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,581,720 | £2,619,073 | |
| Net assets | £2,362,360 | £2,422,704 | |
| Equity | £2,362,360 | £2,422,704 | |
| Average employees | 46 | 54 | |
| Wages | £930,718 | £995,452 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £146,612 | £148,364 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+11.6%
£2,918,995 £3,257,110
-
Cash
-38.7%
£453,742 £278,283
-
Net assets
+2.6%
£2,362,360 £2,422,704
-
Employees
+17.4%
46 54
-
Operating profit
+210.8%
-£113,747 £125,990
-
Profit before tax
+188.7%
-£124,826 £110,661
-
Wages
+7%
£930,718 £995,452
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 | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.9% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | -3.8% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.4% | 4.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.20x | 1.53x | |
| Interest cover | -3.96x | 7.59x |
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
- Moore (South) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Although we will continue to invest in the upkeep and improvements to the pub estate, we have no major outlay planned at present, and as we have at last made a small pre-tax profit we are confident that we remain a going concern. We are therefore considering recommending a small dividend.”
Significant events
- “The Albion in Winchester has proved to be a good investment”
- “The reopening of The Duck in Laverstock under new tenants has also improved the estate's profitability.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FREEZER, Alison Judith | Secretary | 2006-01-06 | — | British |
| FERGUSSON, Jamie | Director | 2022-11-15 | Oct 1991 | British |
| GILBERT, John Michael | Director | 1991-10-29 | Jan 1952 | British |
| JEFFS, Ian Norman | Director | 2019-07-01 | Apr 1960 | British |
| WRIGHT, Steven Andrew | Director | 2009-01-01 | May 1955 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAREW, James | Secretary | 1993-10-21 | 1999-11-05 |
| GILBERT, Julie Anne | Secretary | 1991-10-29 | 1993-10-21 |
| THOMSON, Peter Murray | Secretary | 1999-11-05 | 2005-12-26 |
| CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-10-29 | 1991-10-29 |
| CAREW, James | Director | 1993-10-21 | 2004-09-30 |
| GILBERT, Julie Anne | Director | 1991-10-29 | 1993-10-21 |
| GOULDING, Trevor Charles | Director | 2006-01-06 | 2009-08-27 |
| HARVEY, Richard Charles | Director | 1998-07-22 | 2005-12-02 |
| HOLMES, Christopher Roger | Director | 2013-05-03 | 2014-05-13 |
| HOWELLS, Robert Thornber | Director | 2006-01-30 | 2008-01-31 |
| JACKSON, Simon James | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| LAW, David Anthony Ian | Director | 2009-05-05 | 2010-02-28 |
| LYALL, Richard | Director | 1996-05-09 | 1998-10-20 |
| MCROBERTS, Thomas Austen | Director | 2002-10-04 | 2005-12-20 |
| SULLIVAN, James Paul | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2018-08-03 |
| THOMSON, Peter Murray | Director | 1993-11-29 | 2006-01-06 |
| CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-10-29 | 1991-10-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Michael Gilbert | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-09-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.