FREDERIC ROBINSON GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
+36% vs 2024
Net assets
£82m
+5.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,162
+4.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£7m
+3.4% highest in 3 filed years
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 Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £92,322,000 | £97,714,000 | £103,459,000 | +5.9% | |
| Operating profit | £4,804,000 | £6,153,000 | £8,600,000 | +39.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,157,000 | £6,780,000 | £7,008,000 | +3.4% | |
| Net profit | £3,542,000 | £5,063,000 | £5,029,000 | -0.7% | |
| Cash | £1,841,000 | £826,000 | £1,123,000 | +36% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £95,109,000 | £101,519,000 | £104,228,000 | +2.7% | |
| Net assets | £73,496,000 | £77,969,000 | £82,295,000 | +5.5% | |
| Equity | £73,496,000 | £77,969,000 | £82,295,000 | +5.5% | |
| Average employees | 1,046 | 1,113 | 1,162 | +4.4% | |
| Wages | £24,352,000 | £27,136,000 | £30,173,000 | +11.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,486,000 | £1,518,000 | £2,601,000 | +71.3% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 6.3% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 5.2% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.1% | 6.1% | 8.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 42.0% | 40.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.50x | 0.46x | 0.47x | |
| Interest cover | 5.09x | 3.43x | 7.07x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hurst Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FREDERIC ROBINSON GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Frederic Robinson Limited 100%
- Bell & Co Limited 100%
- Kay's Atlas Brewery Limited 100%
- Unicorn Brewery Limited 100%
- Unicorn Wine Limited 100%
- Hartleys (Ulverston) Limited 100%
- Old Brewery (Ulverston) Limited 100%
- Individual Inns Limited 100%
- Individual Inns 2 Limited 100%
- Individual Inns 3 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Decommissioned old brewery which resulted in a write down of £1.8 million in the book value of the plant at that site.”
- “Launched a franchise style Operator Pub Partnership agreement for drinks-led community pubs to complement both our Pub Partnership agreement and Managed Pubs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUNN, Fiona Catherine | Director | 2023-02-17 | Feb 1958 | British |
| MOODY, Philip Edward | Director | 2023-02-17 | Jul 1954 | British |
| ROBINSON, Oliver John | Director | 2023-02-17 | Jan 1971 | British |
| ROBINSON, Sara Xanthe | Director | 2023-02-17 | Oct 1977 | British |
| ROBINSON, William Joseph | Director | 2023-02-17 | Jul 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Tony | Director | 2023-02-17 | Dec 1967 | British |
| WELHAM, Christopher | Director | 2023-02-17 | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Sara Xanthe | Secretary | 2023-02-17 | 2023-02-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Joseph Robinson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-06-25 | Active |
| Mrs Sara Xanthe Robinson Densem | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-06-25 | Active |
| Mr Dennis William Robinson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2023-06-19 | Ceased 2024-04-07 |
| Mr William Joseph Robinson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-02-17 | Ceased 2025-01-29 |
| Mrs Sara Xanthe Robinson Densem | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-02-17 | Ceased 2023-06-19 |
| Mr Oliver John Robinson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2023-02-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-08-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-08-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
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
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.