POL ROGER LIMITED
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Cash
£18k
-56.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£6.1m
-4.8% vs 2023
Employees
24
+9.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£607k
-58.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,403,069 | £18,429,031 | -13.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,484,214 | £637,994 | -57% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,478,056 | £607,447 | -58.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,112,081 | £440,176 | -60.4% | |
| Cash | £40,936 | £17,701 | -56.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,447,143 | £6,137,792 | -4.8% | |
| Net assets | £6,435,968 | £6,126,144 | -4.8% | |
| Equity | £6,435,968 | £6,126,144 | -4.8% | |
| Average employees | 22 | 24 | +9.1% | |
| Wages | £1,877,594 | £1,625,599 | -13.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £660,078 | £647,264 | -1.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.0% | 10.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.4% | 49.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.27x | 1.96x | |
| Interest cover | — | 20.42x |
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
- Kendall Wadley LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “One of the highlights of the year has been the granting of the Royal Warrant to Pol Roger by King Charles III.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOKMAN, Thomas John | Secretary | 2018-06-06 | — | — |
| COOKMAN, Thomas John | Director | 2018-11-14 | Nov 1987 | British |
| D'HARCOURT, Laurent Bernard Marie Andre | Director | 2008-01-23 | Oct 1963 | French |
| DE BILLY, Hubert | Director | — | Dec 1963 | French |
| DONNELLY, Peter | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
| GAUTIER, Isabelle | Director | 2018-07-17 | Feb 1972 | French |
| SIMPSON, James Clive Orrok | Director | 1997-08-27 | Feb 1965 | British |
| SMAILES, Jonathan Robert Peter | Director | 2018-09-07 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUNN, Anthony William | Secretary | — | 2002-04-25 |
| MILLS, Isobel Clare | Secretary | 2002-04-26 | 2018-06-06 |
| DE BILLY, Christian | Director | — | 2018-07-17 |
| GUNN, Anthony William | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| HAMER, Charles Meredith | Director | 2006-07-20 | 2019-12-01 |
| HART, Frank Ronald | Director | — | 1998-04-03 |
| JAMES, Nicholas Jeremy Swayne | Director | 1998-07-22 | 2015-04-24 |
| MILLS, Isobel Clare | Director | 2014-03-11 | 2018-07-17 |
| NOYELLE, Patrice Etienne | Director | 1998-07-22 | 2013-07-16 |
| POL ROGER, Christian | Director | — | 2006-07-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pol Roger Et Cie | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2017-06-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2018-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2018-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2018-09-20 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months