C.BREWER & SONS LIMITED
Company number 00203852 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
C. Brewer & Sons Limited presents a mixed credit profile: strong operational performance with 9% sales growth and a century-long trading history is offset by a materially deteriorating balance sheet driven by a £10.8m pension deficit increase. The decision to increase dividends by 74% while pension liabilities grow raises governance concerns, and the £5m provision for pension underpayments suggests potential further liabilities. Credit facilities should only be extended with appropriate covenants restricting dividends, monitoring pension recovery progress, and protecting the bank's position against further balance sheet erosion.
Shareholders' funds
£13,826
Balance sheet as at 2014-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the Company and its subsidiaries (the 'group') continues to be the business of wholesale and retail decorators' and builders' merchants.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1925-02-16
- Registered office
- 123/127 Ashford Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, BN21 3TR
- Postcode
- BN21 3TR
- Capital
- 269,950 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 9 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-10
- Next due by
- 2027-07-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47520 Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Officers 9 current · 19 resigned
Group structure 23 subsidiaries
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From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 6
£1,390,600,000 total awarded value where published.
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2024-12-31) — 6 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
0.6%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Contact details
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 30 similar companies in BN, trading since 1925
Competitors Brighton
This company ranks 10 among retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores in Brighton.
Property in England & Wales 228 titles
- Freehold
- 37
- Leasehold
- 191
- Most recent registration
- 2026-06-05
- Price paid, where recorded
- £8,623,069
- Where
- Greater London (33), Surrey (16), Kent (16)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGL17372 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2026-06-05 | £409,049 |
| CYM612129 | Gwynedd | Freehold | 2026-02-12 | £162,500 |
| CU351271 | Westmorland And Furness | Leasehold | 2026-01-28 | — |
| SK419498 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2025-11-03 | — |
| DU403450 | Darlington | Leasehold | 2025-10-15 | — |
| LL438742 | Lincolnshire | Leasehold | 2025-10-10 | — |
| CB497804 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2025-10-09 | — |
| LAN303449 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2025-10-07 | — |
| YY177762 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2025-07-25 | — |
| CB495660 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2025-06-27 | £25,820 |
| AGL647252 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-05-23 | — |
| MAN471202 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2025-05-20 | — |
| HP894942 | Southampton | Leasehold | 2025-05-09 | — |
| AA81426 | Essex | Leasehold | 2025-03-28 | — |
| ESX128062 | Brighton And Hove | Leasehold | 2025-02-07 | — |
| ESX85128 | Brighton And Hove | Leasehold | 2025-02-07 | £840,000 |
| EB13668 | East Sussex | Freehold | 2025-01-15 | £315,000 |
| SY906106 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2024-11-21 | £65,000 |
| GR486524 | Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2024-11-19 | — |
| BD360032 | Central Bedfordshire | Leasehold | 2024-11-18 | — |
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