CLEARLY DRINKS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
Equity attributable
Employees
104
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£2M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,269,359 | £29,939,781 | |
| Operating profit | £1,888,905 | -£1,658,613 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,760,795 | -£1,907,626 | |
| Net profit | £1,331,234 | -£1,138,666 | |
| Cash | £1,177,427 | £1,614,180 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,250,516 | £3,110,424 | |
| Net assets | £4,249,090 | £3,110,424 | |
| Equity | £4,249,090 | £3,110,424 | |
| Average employees | 100 | 104 | |
| Wages | £3,356,670 | £5,088,415 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
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 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2023-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.5% | -5.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.0% | -3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.0% | -53.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.59x | 0.90x | |
| Interest cover | 14.74x | -6.66x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- CLEARLY DRINKS LIMITED 2016-09-12 → present
- CBL DRINKS LIMITED 2015-08-04 → 2016-09-12
- CONTRACT BOTTLING LIMITED 2011-01-26 → 2015-08-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In every scenario, the Directors are satisfied that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Full details of these scenarios are included in the consolidated financial statements for the Group, Supreme PLC, available at Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ. Given the outlook for the Group, the availability of financing, the Group' proven track record to be able to 'pivot' and adapt in the face of a changing economic or commercial landscape, the Directors are satisfied that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “On 21 June 2024 Supreme Imports Limited acquired Acorn Topco Limited, the Company's former ultimate parent company. As a result, the Company's reporting period date was changed to align it with that of its new ultimate parent company, Supreme PLC, to ensure consistency within the Group's financial reporting.”
- “Following the acquisition of the ultimate parent company Acorn Topco Limited, by Supreme Imports Limited, early redemption fees regarding the settlement of finance lease obligations were incurred.”
- “On 28 March 2025 the group headed by Supreme PLC entered into a new financing arrangement with HSBC Invoice Finance (UK) Limited. As part of this arrangement a charge was registered against the assets held within the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHADHA, Sandeep Singh | Director | 2024-06-21 | Aug 1968 | British |
| SMITH, Suzanne Gwendoline | Director | 2024-06-21 | Dec 1982 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Mark | Director | 2013-06-18 | 2018-05-18 |
| CONOLLY, Claire Helen | Director | 2021-09-17 | 2024-06-21 |
| FORRESTER, Ian | Director | 2019-10-29 | 2024-06-21 |
| HAWKER, Antony Victor | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2017-03-30 |
| HODGSON, Geoffrey Mark | Director | 2019-02-04 | 2021-05-20 |
| HOWARD, Michael Alan | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2024-06-21 |
| HUDSON, Marcus Sean Wilgress | Director | 2019-10-29 | 2022-12-20 |
| NEWTON, Maurice | Director | 2013-06-18 | 2017-03-30 |
| O'DRISCOLL, Finian James | Director | 2016-08-30 | 2019-01-29 |
| QUINN, Lorraine Ann | Director | 2017-11-15 | 2018-11-30 |
| SLATCHER, Malcolm Dennis | Director | 2011-01-26 | 2011-02-02 |
| STEVENSON, Damian Jon | Director | 2019-02-11 | 2019-04-09 |
| STIRLING, Colin Robert | Director | 2021-06-14 | 2024-06-21 |
| THORNTON, Martin Vincent | Director | 2011-02-02 | 2018-12-31 |
| WARD, Keith James | Director | 2013-06-18 | 2016-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearly Drinks Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-21 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-06-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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.