HOT COPPER PUB COMPANY LIMITED

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  Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis

  Within the group are two subsidiaries, Warm Hearth Ltd and Knott End Pub Company Ltd, both of which hold one site each. As part of a strategic review of the group, it was determined that neither of these two sites fit the requirements of the estate going forward. As a consequence, both of these sites have been placed on the market for sale and therefore, those entities' accounts are prepared on a basis other than going concern. Given the group structure is made up of these two entities and Hot Copper Pub Company Ltd, the group cannot be considered a going concern.

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  2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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  Going-concern uncertainty disclosed

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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. 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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Saffery LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Not a going concern (break-up basis)

“Within the group are two subsidiaries, Warm Hearth Ltd and Knott End Pub Company Ltd, both of which hold one site each. As part of a strategic review of the group, it was determined that neither of these two sites fit the requirements of the estate going forward. As a consequence, both of these sites have been placed on the market for sale and therefore, those entities' accounts are prepared on a basis other than going concern. Given the group structure is made up of these two entities and Hot Copper Pub Company Ltd, the group cannot be considered a going concern.”

Group structure

1. HOT COPPER PUB COMPANY LIMITED · parent
   1. Warm Hearth Limited 100% · England and Wales · Branded brewpubs
   2. Knott End Pub Company Limited 100% · England and Wales · Branded brewpubs

Significant events

• “During the year, on 3rd June 2025, the company entered into a new Term Loan for £3,253,636 with Heritage Square Limited to enable it to purchase 6,192,597 A ordinary shares of £0.00001 each from Puma VCT 12 Ple and also refinance the Oasis loan.”
• “Post year end, a sale of the Nottingham site within the company has enabled a proportion of this debt to be repaid.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

6

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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