LANCASTER BREWERY GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£475k
+56.5% vs 2025
Net assets
£5m
+4.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
117
+290% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£529k
+258.9% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £2,081,828 | £8,065,537 | +287.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | £211,070 | £650,785 | +208.3% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £147,292 | £528,563 | +258.9% | |
| Net profit | — | £102,519 | £318,136 | +210.3% | |
| Cash | — | £303,700 | £475,219 | +56.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1 | £6,565,140 | £8,758,289 | +33.4% | |
| Net assets | — | £4,787,288 | £5,021,376 | +4.9% | |
| Equity | £1 | £4,787,288 | £5,021,376 | +4.9% | |
| Average employees | 1 | 30 | 117 | +290% | |
| Wages | — | £565,293 | £2,031,411 | +259.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £3,000 | £18,166 | +505.5% |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 10.1% | 8.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.9% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 3.2% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 53.5% | 51.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.32x | 0.83x | |
| Interest cover | — | 3.19x | 5.19x |
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
- CWR
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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
- LANCASTER BREWERY GROUP LIMITED · parent
- C2 Investment Limited 100%
- Lancaster Brewery Inns Limited 100%
- Lancaster Brewery Company Limited 84.5%
- Lancaster Distillery & Spirits Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the group changed its accounting policy for owner-occupied land and buildings from the cost model to the revaluation model.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMPSON, Raluca | Secretary | 2023-05-02 | — | — |
| JACKSON, Matthew Scott | Director | 2025-01-20 | Jan 1972 | British |
| MITCHELL, Piran | Director | 2025-02-20 | May 1962 | British |
| SIMPSON, Phillip Anthony | Director | 2023-05-02 | Aug 1971 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Phillip Anthony Simpson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-05-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 14 of 14 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-11-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.