CHARLES WELLS LIMITED
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Cash
£6.7M
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£70M
lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
827
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.8M
Period ending 2025-09-28
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £62,305,000 | £65,816,000 | £66,190,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £3,021,000 | £3,451,000 | £4,178,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,313,000 | £1,217,000 | £1,821,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £985,000 | £371,000 | £442,000 | — | |
| Cash | £8,127,000 | £7,505,000 | £6,652,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £137,258,000 | £134,944,000 | £134,287,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £76,127,000 | £72,515,000 | £70,002,000 | — | |
| Equity | £76,127,000 | £72,515,000 | £70,002,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 855 | 874 | 827 | — | |
| Wages | £16,397,000 | £17,298,000 | £17,425,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £872,000 | £988,000 | £751,000 | — |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 5.2% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | 2.6% | 3.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.0% | 52.2% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.69x | 1.56x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | 0.99x | 1.11x | 1.85x |
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
- CHARLES WELLS LIMITED 2023-03-28 → present
- CHARLES WELLS LIMITED LIMITED 2023-03-28 → 2023-03-28
- CHARLES WELLS,LIMITED 1910-01-07 → 2023-03-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board is confident that the Group has sufficient liquidity and the ability to access resources when the Group needs to and is able to meet its creditors as they fall due for a period of not less than 12 months from the approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- CHARLES WELLS LIMITED · parent
- Charles Wells Brewery Limited 100%
- Charles Wells France S.A.R.L 100%
- Apostrophe Pubs Limited 100%
- Charles Wells Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- Matross Limited 100%
- Havelock Wines Limited 100%
- The Old Falcon Hotel (St. Neots) Limited 100%
- Stevenson (Beer & Wines) Limited 100%
- Bedford Brewing Company Limited 100%
- Wells & Co (Bedford) Limited 100%
- Gunner SLP
- Charles Wells Brands Management Limited 100%
- Centrum Management Limited 100%
- Young & Co's Subsidiary Company Limited 100%
- Celtic Knights SASU 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEKKER, Danielle | Director | 2024-03-19 | Jun 1976 | British |
| BROAD, Mark Alexander | Director | 2024-12-19 | Sep 1981 | British |
| FRYER, Anthony Robert | Director | 2013-07-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| SMITH, Benjamin James | Director | 2025-10-01 | Oct 1984 | British |
| WEBSTER, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2023-01-03 | Dec 1961 | British |
| WELLS, Geoffrey Charles Vaughan | Director | 2017-11-21 | Oct 1970 | Canadian |
| WELLS, Paul Richard | Director | — | Aug 1958 | British |
| WELLS, Peter John | Director | 2004-06-01 | Jun 1970 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHWORTH, Roger | Secretary | 1996-10-01 | 2008-02-04 |
| PHILLIMORE, William Andrew Justin | Secretary | 2008-02-04 | 2011-12-14 |
| WELLS, Thomas Franey | Secretary | — | 1996-10-01 |
| ASHWORTH, Roger | Director | 1994-09-05 | 2008-02-04 |
| CLARKE, Laurence William | Director | — | 1999-01-12 |
| COTTRELL, Michael Noel Francis | Director | 1995-07-14 | 1996-10-29 |
| COUCHMAN, Shirley | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| DOBSON, Noel | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| HARRISON, Jonathan James Hewetson | Director | — | 1993-01-31 |
| HOLTON, Andrea Therese | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2016-03-31 |
| IVELL, Robert Lewis | Director | 2015-01-24 | 2023-01-31 |
| JACKSON, Alan Marchant | Director | 2002-09-24 | 2012-01-31 |
| KNOX, Robert Dermot | Director | 1995-01-24 | 2002-01-30 |
| MAIR, Anthony Christopher | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2017-06-22 |
| MAYES, Colin Michael | Director | 2002-11-19 | 2007-03-28 |
| MC NICOLL, Ian David Gordon | Director | — | 1994-08-31 |
| MCNALLY, Nigel Duncan | Director | 1996-11-01 | 2012-08-15 |
| MONK, David Alec George | Director | — | 2003-01-29 |
| MOREWOOD, Roy | Director | — | 1999-06-30 |
| PARMAR, Balvinder Kaur | Director | 2021-01-20 | 2024-03-31 |
| PHILLIMORE, William Andrew Justin | Director | 2006-09-04 | 2019-12-31 |
| RAWLINSON, Paul Stephen | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2021-01-20 |
| ROBERTSON, James Ian Clark | Director | 1999-07-05 | 2012-04-11 |
| VAN RIEMSDIJK, Wessel Willem | Director | 1999-09-28 | 2002-09-24 |
| WALLIS, Anthony James Walker | Director | 1998-01-28 | 2014-12-17 |
| WELLS, Anthony Richard, Dr | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2017-07-26 |
| WELLS, Christopher Charles | Director | — | 2001-09-25 |
| WELLS, John Hayward | Director | — | 2004-01-31 |
| WELLS, Oliver John | Director | — | 2000-01-31 |
| WELLS, Thomas Franey | Director | — | 2013-04-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 262 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-03-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-25 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-06-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with made up date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | MISC | miscellaneous | Miscellaneous | |
| 2023-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.