BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (CORBY) LIMITED
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Cash
£113
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£28
-99.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£63
-99% first positive since 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
On the basis that the Directors have decided to cease trading, these financial statements are not prepared on a going concern basis.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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 | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£716,000 | -£746 | £59 | +107.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£169,000 | £6,374 | £63 | -99% | |
| Net profit | -£169,000 | £6,316 | £121 | -98.1% | |
| Cash | — | — | £113 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £10,000 | £28 | -99.7% | |
| Net assets | £13,000,000 | £10,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £13,000,000 | £10,000 | £28 | -99.7% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | -7.5% | 210.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 6.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | 19.03x | 15.93x | 1.33x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“On the basis that the Directors have decided to cease trading, these financial statements are not prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company is largely dormant pending liquidation.”
- “During 2024, the Company disposed of its assets held for sale, amounting to £1,026,000, for proceeds of £7,450,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WORLOCK, Christopher | Secretary | 2022-07-27 | — | — |
| BOOTH, David Patrick Ian | Director | 2026-08-21 | Feb 1974 | British |
| RIDIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2025-08-19 | — | — |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUTTRIDGE, Jonathan Michael | Secretary | 2019-05-24 | 2020-01-24 |
| KERR, Sophie Louise Edmonds | Secretary | 2015-09-29 | 2019-02-08 |
| MCCORMACK, Peter | Secretary | 2020-09-04 | 2021-11-26 |
| MUNDAY, Jessica | Secretary | 2019-02-08 | 2019-05-24 |
| ANDERSON, David Ian Mclaren | Director | 2014-02-25 | 2014-08-14 |
| BARROS, Luis Andre E Silva De | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2016-06-01 |
| CHAMBERS, Kenneth Brian | Director | 2023-09-18 | 2025-08-19 |
| DE ALWIS, Hikkaduwe Palliye Gurunnanselage Sandeep Nishan Drupath | Director | 2016-09-28 | 2019-04-01 |
| DEANE, Andrew Ross | Director | 2014-02-25 | 2015-01-20 |
| DEES, Jeroen Abraham Johannes | Director | 2015-01-20 | 2019-12-31 |
| KIRST, Luciano Mario Sperb | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2023-09-18 |
| MEYER, Bernd | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2021-05-11 |
| NORMAN, Hugo James | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2019-12-31 |
| ORUK, Volkan | Director | 2021-05-12 | 2023-04-01 |
| TIRELLI, Frederic Jean Louis | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2016-09-30 |
| VILLAQUIRAN, Francisco Xavier Espinosa | Director | 2014-02-25 | 2014-08-14 |
| WRIGHT, Gary Kevin | Director | 2019-05-24 | 2026-08-21 |
| YORK, Christopher Richard | Director | 2014-02-25 | 2020-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston Investment Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-28 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-11-28 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-28 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-19 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.