FINLAY BEVERAGES LIMITED
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Cash
£481k
+108.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£7.1m
+15.3% vs 2024
Employees
315
+2.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2m
+153% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £84,367,000 | £82,496,000 | £93,196,000 | +13% | |
| Operating profit | £1,120,000 | £425,000 | £3,854,000 | +806.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,216,000 | -£2,258,000 | £1,197,000 | +153% | |
| Net profit | -£1,089,000 | -£2,034,000 | £1,279,000 | +162.9% | |
| Cash | £10,000 | £231,000 | £481,000 | +108.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,629,000 | £24,805,000 | £31,798,000 | +28.2% | |
| Net assets | -£6,335,000 | -£8,369,000 | -£7,090,000 | +15.3% | |
| Equity | -£6,335,000 | -£8,369,000 | -£7,090,000 | +15.3% | |
| Average employees | 287 | 307 | 315 | +2.6% | |
| Wages | £9,932,000 | £11,333,000 | £12,256,000 | +8.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £371,000 | £452,000 | £444,000 | -1.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 0.5% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | -1.3% | -2.5% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | 1.7% | 12.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 112.9% | 115.4% | 111.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 1.33x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | 0.48x | 0.16x | 1.45x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- FINLAY BEVERAGES LIMITED 1998-07-21 → present
- GEORGE PAYNE AND COMPANY,LIMITED 1896-04-17 → 1998-07-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, David Charles | Secretary | 2018-10-03 | — | — |
| BULMAN, Andy | Director | 2021-12-01 | Apr 1966 | British |
| PETLEY, Robin | Director | 2021-05-05 | Feb 1967 | British |
| RUTHERFORD, Julian Michael | Director | 2013-02-01 | Mar 1971 | British |
| WOODROW, James Hugh, Mr. | Director | 2022-09-05 | May 1967 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIBBEN, Ann Marie | Secretary | 2018-02-27 | 2018-07-13 |
| GILMOUR, Duncan James | Secretary | 1999-04-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| HIORNS, Nigel James | Secretary | — | 1999-03-31 |
| JAMES FINLAY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-04-01 | 2018-02-27 |
| AFXENTIOU, Andreas Costa | Director | — | 1996-06-30 |
| BLACKBURN, Timothy Joseph | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2008-12-31 |
| BRADLEY, Anthony Mark | Director | — | 1994-10-07 |
| BRYANT, John Dennis | Director | — | 1998-02-13 |
| BRYSON, Ian Peter Fyall | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2021-12-16 |
| CAPPER, Richard Gerald | Director | — | 1995-11-24 |
| CHAMBERS, Guy Rufus | Director | 2015-09-11 | 2022-06-03 |
| COPLEY, Steven Michael | Director | 2004-03-10 | 2010-02-15 |
| DARLINGTON, Richard Andrew | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2012-04-30 |
| DES FORGES, Caroline | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2012-10-31 |
| EDWARDS, Darren John | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2021-01-22 |
| EYTON, William Byran, Dr | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| FOWLKES, Russell George | Director | 2004-07-15 | 2012-05-21 |
| GRAY, Robert Brian | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2006-07-12 |
| HENSON, Paul Robert | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2013-02-01 |
| HILL, Simon George | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2001-09-30 |
| HIORNS, Nigel James | Director | 1994-04-01 | 1999-03-31 |
| HOGG, Alexander Keith | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2017-06-02 |
| HOGG, Rupert Bruce Grantham Trower | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2008-09-22 |
| HUDSON, Martin John | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2015-11-23 |
| JASPER, Paul William | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2012-05-25 |
| LARGE, Simon Richard St John | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2009-08-14 |
| LOCKETT, Patrick Gordon | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| MATHISON, Ronald James | Director | 2008-09-22 | 2015-09-11 |
| MUIR, Richard James Kay | Director | — | 2001-03-31 |
| MURRAY, John | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| PAYNE, George David | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| PEARSE, Michael | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2003-03-31 |
| RAY, Paul John | Director | — | 1995-06-01 |
| WARD, Terence | Director | 1995-01-16 | 1998-06-25 |
| WEBB, Eric James | Director | — | 1995-04-13 |
| WILLSHER, Neil Robert | Director | 2003-01-06 | 2020-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Finlay Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 211 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.