Annual accounts
Full accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 28/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 28/12/2025
W.H. BRAKSPEAR & SONS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Bull Courtyard, Bell Street, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 2BA
- Classification (2 SIC codes)
- Wholesale of wine beer spirits and other alcoholic beverages (46.34/2 - SIC 2007)Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (68.20/9 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 27/08/2026View PDF (27 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-12-28
- 01/05/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-30 with no updates
- 04/03/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Director's details changed for Thomas Anthony Trehearne Davies on 2008-01-01
- 02/09/2025View PDF (26 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-12-29
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- 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.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
14/05/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 30/04/2026Due 14/05/2027
- Next statement date
- 30/04/2027
- Last statement dated
- 30/04/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures W.H. BRAKSPEAR & SONS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£58.72M2025
6.42%vs 20242024: £55.18M
Total Assets
£208.73M2025
18.74%vs 20242024: £175.78M
Cash in Bank
£7.51M2025
-12.97%vs 20242024: £8.62M
Total Liabilities
£58.96M2025
36.07%vs 20242024: £43.33M
Employees
4692025
+69vs 20242024: 400
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Total assets moved furthest, up 18.74% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for W.H. BRAKSPEAR & SONS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through W.H. BRAKSPEAR & SONS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +7.7% 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, 2021–2025.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 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 469 | +69 |
| 2024 | 400 | +45 |
| 2023 | 355 | +38 |
| 2022 | 317 | -7 |
| 2021 | 324 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 324 in 2021 to 469 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.
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Officers
19Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 08/12/1995–22/04/2003 | 0 | |
| Director | 12/05/2010–Present | 13 | |
| Director | 26/06/1998–10/01/2007 | 4 | |
| Director | 06/11/1998–30/03/2006 | 14 | |
| Director | 01/01/1993–30/04/2010 | 6 | |
| Secretary | 01/03/2003–31/03/2010 | 5 | |
| Director | 01/09/1998–19/01/2007 | 22 | |
| Director | 01/05/1996–31/01/1998 | 2 | |
| Director | 01/04/2004–03/09/2010 | 7 | |
| Director | 01/01/2006–31/03/2010 | 7 | |
| Director | 29/10/1999–25/03/2004 | 2 | |
| Director | 14/11/1997–28/05/1998 | 11 | |
| Secretary | 03/09/2010–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 22/02/2007–31/08/2008 | 16 | |
| Director | 16/12/2003–Present | 11 | |
| Secretary | 31/03/2010–03/09/2010 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 04/06/1999–01/03/2003 | 8 | |
| Director | 01/01/2008–Present | 12 | |
| Director | 13/12/2023–Present | 1 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 13
- Since 09/05/2023
- Last 12 months
- 3
- -2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 27/08/2026
- 1 month ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 27/08/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 01/05/2026
- Officer changesLatest 04/03/2026
Filing timeline
- 27/08/2026View PDF (27 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-12-28
- 01/05/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-30 with no updates
- 04/03/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Director's details changed for Thomas Anthony Trehearne Davies on 2008-01-01
- 02/09/2025View PDF (26 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-12-29
- 20/08/2025View PDF (41 pages)
Registration of charge 000466560009, created on 2025-08-19
- 20/08/2025View PDF (41 pages)
Registration of charge 000466560010, created on 2025-08-19
- 12/05/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-30 with no updates
- 04/04/2025View PDF (39 pages)
Registration of charge 000466560008, created on 2025-04-03
- 22/08/2024View PDF (26 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 07/05/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-04-30 with no updates
- 25/03/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Anthony Daniel Patrick Lewis as a director on 2023-12-13
- 18/09/2023View PDF (26 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2022-12-25
Showing 12 of 13 filings
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About W.H. BRAKSPEAR & SONS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
W.H. BRAKSPEAR & SONS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Bull Courtyard, Bell Street, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 2BA. Companies House classifies its business as Wholesale of wine beer spirits and other alcoholic beverages, one of 2 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 130 years 8 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £58.72M and 469 employees.
W.H. BRAKSPEAR & SONS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records W.H. BRAKSPEAR & SONS LIMITED under 2 registered business activities: Wholesale of wine beer spirits and other alcoholic beverages (46.34/2 - SIC 2007) and Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (68.20/9 - SIC 2007).
W.H. BRAKSPEAR & SONS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 28/01/1896.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £58.72M, total assets of £208.73M, cash in bank of £7.51M and total liabilities of £58.96M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 27/08/2026: Full accounts made up to 2025-12-28, 1 month ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 14/05/2027.
Companies House lists 19 officers (5 currently in post) and 0 people with significant control.