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HT DRINKS HOLDINGS LTD

Operating as the parent company for a drinks and grocery wholesale group, it manages trading subsidiaries including HT Drinks, Champers, and the direct-to-consumer online retailer Drinksupermarket.com.

#02957932 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1994-08-11 (31y 11m) · Last filing 2025-12-11 (7mo ago)
Unclassified · SIC 99999 · U Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations & Bodies · Group accounts
Accounts due 2026-12-31 (in 6 months) · Confirmation due 2026-11-19 (in 5 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£1.6M

-61% vs 2024

Net assets

£49M

+0.5% vs 2024

Employees

274

-1.4% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£2.4M

-28.5% vs 2024

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £204,107,000£207,203,000 +1.5%
Operating profit £3,933,000£3,341,000 -15.1%
Profit before tax £3,293,000£2,354,000 -28.5%
Net profit £2,505,000£1,598,000 -36.2%
Cash £4,092,000£1,596,000 -61%
Total assets less current liabilities £61,871,000£66,348,000 +7.2%
Net assets £48,562,000£48,810,000 +0.5%
Equity £48,562,000£48,810,000 +0.5%
Average employees 278274 -1.4%
Wages £10,039,000£10,129,000 +0.9%
Directors' remuneration £658,000£564,000 -14.3%

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 1.9%1.6%
Net margin 1.2%0.8%
Return on capital employed 6.4%5.0%
Current ratio 1.84x1.78x
Interest cover 2.61x2.18x

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

  1. HT DRINKS HOLDINGS LTD 2018-12-10 → present
  2. EVERWINE LIMITED 1994-08-11 → 2018-12-10

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
KLSA LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have made an assessment of the group's ability to continue as a going concern, based on the group's cash resources, borrowing facilities, sales income, committed capital and other expenditure and dividend distributions.”

Group structure

  1. HT DRINKS HOLDINGS LTD · parent
    1. HT Drinks Limited 100% · England and Wales · Supply and distribution of beverages.
    2. Malcolm Cowen (Drinks) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Sub-lease properties
    3. Drinksupermarket.com Limited 80% · England and Wales · Supply and distribution of beverages.
    4. Champers (Wholsesale) Limited 75% · England and Wales · Supply and distribution of beverages.
    5. Gift Creation & Design Limited 100% · England and Wales · Manufacturing and sourcing gifts for high street retailers and grocers.
    6. Gift Creation & Design (Holdings) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
    7. Trinart Limited 100% · England and Wales · Property company
    8. Valecorp Limited 100% · England and Wales · Provision of finance to private limited companies
    9. HT (Retail Club) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant company
    10. Boozedelivered.com Limited 88% · England and Wales · Dormant company

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 7 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
THAKRAR, Prakash Secretary 1995-09-14 — British
THAKRAR, Prakash Director 1996-11-29 Jan 1949 British
THAKRAR, Sagar Director 2018-10-30 May 1985 British
THAKRAR, Sanjay Director 2009-07-10 Jan 1979 British
Show 7 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
GAGLANI, Bela Harish Secretary 1994-10-03 1995-01-03
GANDESHA, Shailly Secretary 1994-08-22 1994-09-26
POPAT, Kirtiben Secretary 1995-01-03 1995-09-14
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1994-08-11 1994-08-22
GAGLANI, Harish Director 1994-08-22 2009-09-01
THAKRAR, Bharat Kumar Hirji Director 2007-10-01 2007-10-24
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1994-08-11 1994-08-22

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Prakash Thakrar Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence, Significant influence (as firm) 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 123 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-12-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-12-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-11-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-02-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-12-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2023-02-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-01-24 AAMD accounts Accounts amended with accounts type group
2023-01-12 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-01-12 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-01-12 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-01-12 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-01-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-12-02 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-11-24 MR05 mortgage Mortgage charge whole release with charge number PDF
2022-11-24 MR05 mortgage Mortgage charge whole release with charge number PDF
2022-02-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-10-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-06-28 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2021-06-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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