J.C. & R.H. PALMER LIMITED
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Cash
£3.2M
+11.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£29M
+2.5% vs 2024
Employees
56
+3.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£833K
-70.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,323,701 | £10,209,228 | -1.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,970,314 | £1,161,503 | -41% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,801,284 | £833,228 | -70.3% | |
| Net profit | £2,081,211 | £719,577 | -65.4% | |
| Cash | £2,873,574 | £3,195,486 | +11.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,466,295 | £36,623,681 | +0.4% | |
| Net assets | £28,094,381 | £28,808,108 | +2.5% | |
| Equity | £28,094,381 | £28,808,108 | +2.5% | |
| Average employees | 54 | 56 | +3.7% | |
| Wages | £2,084,391 | £2,171,461 | +4.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £727,578 | £631,386 | -13.2% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.1% | 11.4% | |
| Net margin | 20.2% | 7.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.4% | 3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.2% | 25.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.26x | 3.11x | |
| Interest cover | 6.64x | 2.72x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Albert Goodman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “We had some excellent 230 year anniversary celebrations last year and our hugely successful Beer Festival will be back again in September of this year.”
- “Proceeds from each of these events and 10p a pint from seasonal ales goes into our recently re-launched Palmers Brewery Community Fund, along with a £10,000 brewery donation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, Victoria Anne | Secretary | 2024-07-26 | — | — |
| JACKSON, Victoria Anne | Director | 2024-07-26 | Oct 1981 | British |
| PALMER, Anthony John Cleeves | Director | — | Sep 1951 | British |
| PALMER RAMUS, Emily Grace | Director | 2015-12-23 | Jan 1991 | British |
| PALMER RAMUS, Joshua John | Director | 2025-11-25 | Apr 1990 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADCOCK, Gary George | Secretary | 2008-02-04 | 2020-12-31 |
| ALMOND, William John | Secretary | — | 1997-04-01 |
| DRAMMIS, Brian Henry | Secretary | 1997-04-01 | 2007-09-14 |
| GRIFFITHS, Owen David | Secretary | 2021-01-04 | 2023-05-26 |
| NEWMAN, Emma | Secretary | 2023-05-26 | 2024-07-26 |
| PALMER, Anthony John Cleeves | Secretary | 2007-09-14 | 2008-02-04 |
| ADCOCK, Gary George | Director | 2012-07-27 | 2020-12-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, Owen David | Director | 2021-01-04 | 2023-05-26 |
| NEWMAN, Emma | Director | 2023-05-26 | 2024-07-26 |
| PALMER, Cleeves William Robert | Director | — | 2023-08-11 |
| WYLDE, Norah Evelyn Flower | Director | — | 2007-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lucille Tonia Palmer | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2026-01-26 | Active |
| Mr Anthony John Cleeves Palmer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2026-01-26 | Active |
| Mr Anthony John Cleeves Palmer | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-26 |
| Mr Cleeves William Robert Palmer | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-09-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- 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.