W.H. BRAKSPEAR & SONS LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£55,175,734
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-29
What it does
The company's principal activity is the ownership and management of public houses and inns and the sale of beers, wines, spirits and soft drinks primarily through its licensed property estate
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1896-01-28
- Employees
- 400 (2024 accounts · was 355 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Bull Courtyard, Bell Street, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 2BA
- Postcode
- RG9 2BA
- Capital
- 2,885,868 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-29
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-30
- Next due by
- 2027-05-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46342 Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages
- 68209 Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Officers 5 current · 23 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by J.T. DAVIES & SONS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
3.44%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| W.H. BRAKSPEAR & SONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 2007-04-03 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE BREWERY, NEW STREET, HENLEY ON THAMES, OXFORDSHIRE, RG9 2BU | 2003-03-24 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 44 similar companies in RG
The largest employer among its local peers (400 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1896.
Competitors Reading
This company ranks 1 among wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages in Reading.
Property in England & Wales 158 titles
- Freehold
- 151
- Leasehold
- 7
- Most recent registration
- 2026-04-08
- Price paid, where recorded
- £40,731,941
- Where
- Oxfordshire (57), Gloucestershire (17), Wokingham (16)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY558176 | Surrey | Freehold | 2026-04-08 | — |
| WSX450509 | West Sussex | Freehold | 2025-11-18 | £4,060,000 |
| GR136047 | Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2025-06-19 | £4,510,000 |
| GR138027 | Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2025-06-19 | — |
| GR244347 | Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2025-06-19 | £950,000 |
| GR287765 | Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2025-05-02 | £6,889,993 |
| GR319119 | Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2025-05-02 | — |
| GR373748 | Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2025-05-02 | — |
| GR490097 | Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2025-05-02 | — |
| WSX178073 | West Sussex | Freehold | 2025-03-25 | £550,000 |
| BD221701 | Central Bedfordshire | Freehold | 2024-09-12 | £1,500,000 |
| BD288610 | Central Bedfordshire | Freehold | 2024-09-12 | — |
| SY787983 | Surrey | Freehold | 2024-08-27 | £1,115,000 |
| HP375948 | Hampshire | Freehold | 2024-03-08 | £1,180,000 |
| BM471662 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2024-01-03 | — |
| ON328919 | Oxfordshire | Freehold | 2023-02-07 | £150,000 |
| ON348346 | Oxfordshire | Freehold | 2023-02-07 | £100,000 |
| 274556 | Greater London | Freehold | 2022-07-06 | £850,000 |
| SY462070 | Surrey | Freehold | 2020-12-15 | — |
| GR122202 | Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2020-04-06 | — |
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