BRUNNING AND PRICE LIMITED
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Cash
£17M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£188M
Equity attributable
Employees
4,258
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£61M
Period ending 2025-12-28
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
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £131,603,000 | £139,131,000 | £156,303,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | £12,592,000 | £55,170,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | £4,521,000 | £60,829,000 | — | |
| Net profit | — | £2,375,000 | £67,098,000 | — | |
| Cash | — | £3,612,000 | £17,014,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £45,680,000 | £279,093,000 | — | |
| Net assets | — | £21,885,000 | £187,535,000 | — | |
| Equity | — | £21,885,000 | £187,535,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 3,622 | 4,103 | 4,258 | — | |
| Wages | £50,030,000 | £51,358,000 | £56,604,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £551,000 | £1,240,000 | £2,943,000 | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 9.1% | 35.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.7% | 42.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 27.6% | 19.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 83.1% | 43.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.25x | 0.50x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.52x | 10.44x |
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
- BRUNNING AND PRICE LIMITED 1998-08-13 → present
- PUBS LIMITED 1983-05-27 → 1998-08-13
- SATORBALE LIMITED 1981-02-03 → 1983-05-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The going concern assessment demonstrates that the Group will have sufficient available liquidity to meet its liabilities as they fall due and will remain in compliance with its financial covenants for the period”
Group structure
- BRUNNING AND PRICE LIMITED · parent
- Ribble Valley Inns Ltd
- Blubeckers Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 19 January 2026, the Group completed the sale of four pubs (leasehold properties) to Urban Pubs & Bars Ltd. The conflict involving Iran that commenced in early 2026, did not exist at the balance sheet date of 28 December 2025 and is therefore classified as a non adjusting event in accordance with IAS 10 'Events After the Reporting Period'.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS, Mark Russell | Director | 2023-07-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
| HORNBY, Andrew Hedley | Director | 2019-10-02 | Jan 1967 | British |
| VAN HOEK, Alexander Thomas | Director | 2025-07-24 | Mar 1986 | British |
| WILLCOCK, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2014-05-05 | Jun 1972 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANCE, Michael John Anthony | Secretary | 1992-04-06 | 1993-11-17 |
| BRIDGEWATER, Graham | Secretary | 1999-11-30 | 2007-10-16 |
| BRUNNING, Charles Bruce | Secretary | — | 1992-04-06 |
| MORGAN, Robert John | Secretary | 2007-10-16 | 2013-04-05 |
| SMALL, Alex Charles Newton | Secretary | 2013-04-05 | 2017-03-10 |
| WILLIAMS, Sandra Dawn | Secretary | 1993-12-20 | 1999-11-30 |
| ACE COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-03-12 | 2019-01-16 |
| BACON, Kevin John | Director | 2008-08-15 | 2008-11-05 |
| BANNATYNE, Charles | Director | — | 1996-06-30 |
| BREITHAUPT, Daniel Peter | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-08-12 |
| BRUNNING, Charles Bruce | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2002-07-22 |
| BRUNNING, David Jeremy | Director | — | 2007-10-16 |
| COOPER, Cary Lynn, Professor Sir | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1996-03-31 |
| CRITOPH, Stephen Mark Antony | Director | 2007-10-16 | 2016-04-29 |
| DAVIS, Kirk Dyson | Director | 2018-02-05 | 2023-06-30 |
| GABRILATSOU, Angelo | Director | 2007-10-16 | 2008-08-15 |
| HEARD, Joanne | Director | 2006-07-06 | 2007-10-16 |
| HILL, Francis Rowland | Director | 2004-08-18 | 2007-10-16 |
| HILL, Josephine | Director | — | 2007-10-16 |
| LOCHHEAD, Duncan James | Director | 2003-11-11 | 2007-10-16 |
| MCCUE, Andrew | Director | 2016-09-19 | 2019-06-30 |
| MORGAN, Robert John | Director | 2007-10-16 | 2013-04-05 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Barry Graham Kirk | Director | 2016-06-20 | 2017-04-21 |
| PRICE, Graham Hilton | Director | 2010-06-03 | 2014-05-02 |
| PRICE, Graham Hilton | Director | — | 2007-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Global Management, Inc. | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2025-01-30 | Active |
| Trg (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 285 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-15 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2025-02-27 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2025-02-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-15 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-03 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.