CHIVAS BROTHERS LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  -0.5%

  £752,901,000 → £749,069,000

• Cash

  +24.4%

  £2,829,000 → £3,519,000

• Net assets

  +6.2%

  £4,602,115,000 → £4,889,344,000

• Employees

  -3.1%

  1,592 → 1,543

• Operating profit

  +3.4%

  £245,724,000 → £254,106,000

• Profit before tax

  +112.8%

  £166,205,000 → £353,678,000

• Wages

  -0.9%

  £81,146,000 → £80,439,000

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

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.

1. CHIVAS BROTHERS LIMITED 2004-07-01 → present
2. CHIVAS BROTHERS PERNOD RICARD LIMITED 2004-06-03 → 2004-07-01

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“On the basis of these reviews and after making suitable enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have sufficient funds to remain in operation and to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and consequently have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. CHIVAS BROTHERS LIMITED · parent
   1. Allied Domecq Spirits and Wine Limited 100% · England
   2. Caperdonich Distillery Company Limited** 100% · Scotland
   3. Chefco Limited 100% · Scotland
   4. Chivas Brothers Pension Scheme (Trustee) Limited** 100% · Scotland
   5. Chivas Investments Limited 100% · Scotland
   6. George & J G Smith Limited** 100% · Scotland
   7. Hill, Thomson & Co. Limited 100% · Scotland
   8. Seagram Research Limited** 100% · England
   9. The Gin Hub Limited** 100% · England & Wales
   10. The Glenlivet Agencies Limited** 100% · Scotland
   11. The Glenlivet Distilleries Limited** 100% · Scotland
   12. The Glenlivet Mineral Water Company Limited** 100% · Scotland
   13. Warehouse Asset Management Limited 100% · Scotland
   14. AD Former Rum Brands Limited** 100% · England
   15. Allied Distillers Limited** 100% · Scotland
   16. Beefeater Distillery Limited** 100% · England
   17. Ceder's Drink Limited 100% · England
   18. European Cellars Limited** 100% · England
   19. George Ballantine & Son Limited** 100% · Scotland
   20. Glenburgie Distillery Limited** 100% · England
   21. Glenlivet Spring Water Limited** 100% · England
   22. Glentauchers Distillery Limited** 100% · England
   23. HW-Allied Vintners Limited** 100% · England
   24. HWUK Limited** 100% · England
   25. Italicus Ltd 50.1% · England
   26. James Burrough Distillers Limited** 100% · England
   27. James Burrough Limited** 100% · England
   28. James Hawker & Company Limited** 100% · England
   29. Lawson & Smith Limited** 100% · Scotland
   30. Long John Distilleries Limited** 100% · Scotland
   31. Long John International Limited** 100% · England
   32. Macnab Distilleries Limited** 100% · England
   33. Miltonduff Distillery Limited** 100% · Scotland
   34. Mulbern Warehouses Limited** 100% · Scotland
   35. Pernod Ricard UK Limited 100% · England
   36. PR Shelfco 2022 Limited** 100% · England
   37. Robert Macnish & Company Limited** 100% · Scotland
   38. Something Special (Whisky) Limited** 100% · Scotland
   39. Stewart & Son of Dundee Limited** 100% · England
   40. The Curtis Distillery Company Limited** 100% · England
   41. The HW Grp Limited** 100% · England
   42. The Longmorn Distillery Limited** 100% · Scotland
   43. The Scapa Distillery Limited** 100% · England
   44. Twelve Islands Shipping Company Limited** 100% · England
   45. Warehouse Investment Holding Limited 100% · Scotland

Significant events

• “Clan Campbell, one of the Group's strategic local brands, was sold to an external party in September 2023.”
• “The Company received dividends totalling £414.2m... Post dividend, the Company impaired its investment in Chefco by £240.0m.”
• “The conflict in the Middle East that began on 28 February 2026 is currently expected to have a modest impact on profits in the short term.”
• “In December 2025, an internal reorganisation completed that combines Pernod Ricard aged spirits management into one business unit which is expected to leverage scale, efficiency and expertise across the Pernod Ricard companies involved.”
• “On 27 November 2025, the Company paid an interim dividend of £13,500,000 to its parent Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine Holdings Limited.”
• “In the prior year, an impairment charge of £18,869,000 was made to the carrying value of a wholly owned subsidiary which owns a local brand that has experienced a decline in sales in the prior year.”

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

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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