ARKELL'S BREWERY LIMITED
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Cash
£6.7K
+3.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£57M
+2.1% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
344
+1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.7M
+1.9% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,609,634 | £7,720,756 | £26,889,898 | £29,145,052 | £29,875,050 | +2.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £3,275,600 | £3,686,578 | +12.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,953,143 | £1,998,962 | £773,618 | £2,680,162 | £2,732,276 | +1.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,598,754 | £1,605,717 | -£144,756 | £2,108,331 | £2,048,028 | -2.9% | |
| Cash | £860 | £1,337 | £7,349 | £6,467 | £6,671 | +3.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £70,193,207 | £62,590,717 | £74,727,853 | £74,854,523 | £79,455,078 | +6.1% | |
| Net assets | £48,156,317 | £48,915,734 | £53,590,912 | £55,490,243 | £56,639,265 | +2.1% | |
| Equity | £48,156,317 | £48,915,734 | £53,590,912 | £55,490,243 | £56,639,265 | +2.1% | |
| Average employees | 285 | 238 | 344 | 338 | 344 | +1.8% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £5,808,959 | £6,255,516 | +7.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £950,843 | £939,515 | -1.2% |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 11.2% | 12.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 20.8% | -0.5% | 7.2% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 4.4% | 4.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.48x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 2.48x | 3.07x |
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
- ARKELL'S BREWERY LIMITED 1989-10-18 → present
- J. ARKELL & SONS LIMITED 1927-12-28 → 1989-10-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Morley & Co (UK) Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- ARKELL'S BREWERY LIMITED · parent
- Edmont Ltd 50%
- Arkell Land Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Using our existing portfolio, which we regularly review, we have sold some town centre apartments and a baguette bar. We also purchased a property next to our Angel Hotel in Royal Wootton Bassett to enhance our footprint. But even better news, we purchased The Old Stocks in Stow-on-the-Wold.”
- “The company sold two properties for £1,115,000 in total, making a profit on disposal of £231,458.”
- “During the year the company borrowed an additional £3 million to assist with the purchase of two freehold properties, The Old Stocks Hotel in Stow-on-the-Wold and a property adjacent to The Angel Hotel, Royal Wootton Bassett.”
- “We continue to invest in our pub portfolio and have recently completed a £750,000 refurbishment of The Cross Keys in Newbury which reopened as The High Horse at the beginning of September 2025. The New Inn in Stratton, Swindon was closed in December 2024 and has been converted to a commercial property that was let from the beginning of July this year.”
- “In the current financial year, we have sold the Duke of Edinburgh, Gorse Hill, Swindon (with a change of use planning consent) and a residential property next to the Boundary House in Swindon.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEFTY, Emma Louise | Secretary | 2013-12-09 | — | — |
| ARKELL, Alexander Thomas | Director | 2015-03-02 | Aug 1985 | British |
| ARKELL, George James | Director | 2004-09-06 | Dec 1978 | British |
| ARKELL, James Rixon | Director | — | May 1951 | British |
| ARKELL, Nicholas Henry | Director | — | Aug 1955 | British |
| RUSSELL, Barry John | Director | 2008-04-30 | Apr 1961 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, Raymond William | Secretary | — | 1991-11-08 |
| HILL, Teresa Dorothy | Secretary | 1991-11-08 | 2013-12-09 |
| ARKELL, Peter | Director | — | 2010-08-27 |
| DASH, Edgar Herbert | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| FISHER, Raymond William | Director | 1992-01-01 | 2008-05-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Rixon Arkell | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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