{"name":"C.BREWER & SONS LIMITED","company_number":"00203852","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1925-02-16","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"123/127 Ashford Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, BN21 3TR","postcode":"BN21 3TR","sic_codes":[{"code":47520,"description":"Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the Company and its subsidiaries (the 'group') continues to be the business of wholesale and retail decorators' and builders' merchants.","previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Group","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":null,"financials":[{"financial_date":"2014-12-31"},{"financial_date":"2013-12-31"},{"financial_date":"2012-12-31","net_assets":11374,"cash":8277},{"financial_date":"2011-12-31","net_assets":15099,"cash":8029}],"officers":{"current":9,"resigned":21,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":10,"outstanding":9},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"C. Brewer & Sons Limited is a century-old, family-owned builders' and decorators' merchant whose core trading body is healthy — sales grew 9%, productivity improved, suppliers are paid in 19 days, and the group absorbed nine acquisitions — but it carries a chronic condition in the form of a substantial defined benefit pension deficit, likely £20–30m against £13.8m of equity, which drove a 44% fall in net assets in 2014 and causes significant balance-sheet volatility. The overall grade of B- reflects a fundamentally sound business with a manageable but unresolved ailment, compounded by a £5m provision for past pension underpayments pointing to administrative weaknesses. Continued active filing through FY2025 is encouraging, but obtaining current accounts to assess the pension position today is the single most important next step.","website":"http://www.cbrewerandsons.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/cbrewer-sons","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/cbrewer-sons/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/cbrewer-sons/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00203852","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/cbrewer-sons/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/cbrewer-sons/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/cbrewer-sons/charges","pay_gap":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/cbrewer-sons/pay-gap","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/cbrewer-sons/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/cbrewer-sons"}