Annual accounts
Group accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
S.A.BRAIN & COMPANY,LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Dragon Brewery, Pacific Road, Cardiff CF24 5HJ
- Classification (3 SIC codes)
- Manufacture of beer (11.05 - SIC 2007)Wholesale of wine beer spirits and other alcoholic beverages (46.34/2 - SIC 2007)Public houses and bars (56.30/2 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Group
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 09/04/2026View PDF (21 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-03-22 with updates
- 19/12/2025View PDF (30 pages)
Group of companies' accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 17/07/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mrs Haf Evans-Jeanes as a secretary on 2025-07-14
- 01/04/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-03-22 with updates
Coming soon
What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
05/04/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 22/03/2026Due 05/04/2027
- Next statement date
- 22/03/2027
- Last statement dated
- 22/03/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures S.A.BRAIN & COMPANY,LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2023–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£4.48M2025
-3.28%vs 20242024: £4.63M
Total Assets
£25.15M2025
-15.48%vs 20242024: £29.76M
Cash in Bank
£938.00K2025
-40.71%vs 20242024: £1.58M
Total Liabilities
£15.06M2025
-20.91%vs 20242024: £19.04M
Employees
31,0002025
-2000vs 20242024: 33,000
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 15.48% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for S.A.BRAIN & COMPANY,LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through S.A.BRAIN & COMPANY,LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -6.8% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2023–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 3 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 3 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2023–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31,000 | -2000 |
| 2024 | 33,000 | +4000 |
| 2023 | 29,000 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 29,000 in 2023 to 31,000 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
- Company potential
- Risk indicators
- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
30Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 31/07/2018–04/02/2022 | 98 | |
| Director | 17/04/2003–06/04/2018 | 16 | |
| Director | 08/05/2023–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 01/04/2015–31/03/2019 | 0 | |
| Director | 02/12/1996–07/01/2002 | 2 | |
| Director | 01/11/2000–12/12/2005 | 3 | |
| Director | 24/10/2019–05/02/2021 | 3 | |
| Director | 28/02/1997–29/01/2001 | 3 | |
| Director | 01/10/2018–04/01/2025 | 16 | |
| Director | 28/02/1997–08/04/2002 | 9 | |
| Director | 17/06/2019–09/10/2023 | 88 | |
| Director | 01/09/2022–Present | 52 | |
| Director | 28/02/1997–13/10/1997 | 9 | |
| Director | 01/06/2002–07/04/2014 | 8 | |
| Director | 18/01/2002–28/06/2019 | 32 | |
| Director | 05/04/2004–28/06/2013 | 7 | |
| Secretary | 14/07/2025–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 05/02/2001–26/10/2018 | 26 | |
| Director | 06/01/2025–Present | 11 | |
| Secretary | 31/01/2021–04/01/2025 | 0 | |
| Director | 08/02/2021–08/05/2023 | 3 | |
| Director | 08/05/2023–Present | 4 | |
| Director | 01/01/1998–05/02/2021 | 5 | |
| Director | 01/06/2014–28/06/2019 | 20 | |
| Secretary | 30/09/2020–31/01/2021 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/11/2004–28/07/2006 | 4 | |
| Secretary | 01/12/2001–28/12/2001 | 4 | |
| Secretary | 28/07/2006–30/09/2020 | 12 | |
| Director | 01/07/2009–05/02/2021 | 12 | |
| Director | 28/02/1997–08/02/2001 | 12 |
Persons with significant control
8Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–06/04/2016 | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–06/04/2016 | 16 | |
| 06/04/2016–06/04/2016 | 5 | |
| 06/04/2016–06/04/2016 | 20 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–06/04/2016 | 32 | |
| 06/04/2016–06/04/2016 | 26 | |
| 06/04/2016–06/04/2016 | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 26
- Since 03/07/1987
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -4 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 09/04/2026
- 5 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 09/04/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 19/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 09/04/2026View PDF (21 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-03-22 with updates
- 19/12/2025View PDF (30 pages)
Group of companies' accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 17/07/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mrs Haf Evans-Jeanes as a secretary on 2025-07-14
- 01/04/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-03-22 with updates
- 16/01/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Jonathan Bridge as a director on 2025-01-04
- 16/01/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Nicholas Payne as a director on 2025-01-06
- 16/01/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Nicole Trebilcock as a secretary on 2025-01-04
- 20/12/2024View PDF (30 pages)
Group of companies' accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 30/07/2024View PDF (17 pages)
Registration of charge 000520990040, created on 2024-07-23
- 30/07/2024View PDF (5 pages)
Registration of charge 000520990041, created on 2024-07-23
- 27/03/2024View PDF (21 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-03-22 with updates
- 14/03/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-03-07 with no updates
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About S.A.BRAIN & COMPANY,LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
S.A.BRAIN & COMPANY,LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Dragon Brewery, Pacific Road, Cardiff CF24 5HJ. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of beer, one of 3 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 129 years 5 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £4.48M and 31000 employees.
S.A.BRAIN & COMPANY,LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records S.A.BRAIN & COMPANY,LIMITED under 3 registered business activities: Manufacture of beer (11.05 - SIC 2007), Wholesale of wine beer spirits and other alcoholic beverages (46.34/2 - SIC 2007) and Public houses and bars (56.30/2 - SIC 2007).
S.A.BRAIN & COMPANY,LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 12/04/1897.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £4.48M, total assets of £25.15M, cash in bank of £938.00K and total liabilities of £15.06M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 09/04/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-03-22 with updates, 5 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 05/04/2027.
Companies House lists 30 officers (5 currently in post) and 8 people with significant control (1 current).