YOUNG'S HOME BREW LIMITED
Company number 05745662 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Young's Home Brew Limited presents a concerning financial trajectory, with FY2024 revealing a significant loss of approximately £336k that has eroded 16% of shareholders' funds in a single year. While the company retains a conservative balance sheet with low leverage and property ownership providing operational stability, the post-pandemic market normalisation and structural headwinds facing the home brewing sector pose serious challenges. The 63% decline in cash reserves since 2017 and the latest year's substantial loss suggest the business may be struggling to adapt to a market where online competition and shifting consumer preferences are compressing margins for traditional wholesale distributors. Without strategic intervention - potentially including digital transformation, product diversification, or operational restructuring - the current burn rate on reserves is unsustainable beyond the medium term.
Shareholders' funds
£1,452,180
Balance sheet as at 2025-07-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2006-03-16
- Employees
- 19 (2025 accounts · was 22 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit A Cross Street, Bradley, Bilston, West Midlands, WV14 8DL
- Postcode
- WV14 8DL
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-07-31
- Next due by
- 2027-04-30
- Financial year end
- 31 July
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-16
- Next due by
- 2027-03-30
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 5 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| Y. H. B. INVESTMENTS LIMITED | 2009-07-31 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| MILLFIELDS HOUSE, MILLFIELDS, ROAD, ETTINGSHALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WEST MIDLANDS WV4 6JE | 2006-05-16 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 118 similar companies in WV
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (19 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2006.
No.7 of the largest non-specialised wholesale trade companies in Wolverhampton →
Competitors Wolverhampton
This company ranks 7 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Wolverhampton.
The class of 2006
28%
of the 814 companies in this sector incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 69% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2017-10-13
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,038,000
- Where
- West Midlands
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WM630146 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2017-10-13 | £1,038,000 |
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