ST.AUSTELL BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED

Active
Company number 00107021Private limited companyIncorporated 1910

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 11050

Where the company stands among the 1,803 active companies whose first SIC code is 11050 (Manufacture of beer).

Company age116.8 years
Older than 99% · median 9.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. ABI SAB GROUP HOLDING LIMITED£79.4bn
  2. GREENE KING BREWING AND RETAILING LIMITED£1.4bn
  3. CARLSBERG MARSTON'S LIMITED£538m
  4. MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY (UK) LIMITED£454.4m
  5. MCMULLEN & SONS, LIMITED£207.3m
  6. ABI UK HOLDING 1 LIMITED£197.2m
  7. SHEPHERD NEAME LIMITED£180.8m
  8. CMBC SUPPLY LIMITED£169.2m
  9. HALL & WOODHOUSE LIMITED£142.9m
  10. J.W.LEES & CO.(BREWERS)LIMITED£102.4m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: ST.AUSTELL BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

ST.AUSTELL BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00107021. It was incorporated on 17 Jan 1910. Its status is active. The registered office is in Cornwall (PL25). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of beer (11050), wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages (46342), public houses and bars (56302).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,803 active companies whose first SIC code is 11050: It is older than 99% of them (median age 9.0 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly beverages and spirits, miscellaneous food preparations, glass. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly beverages and spirits. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 41 days to pay suppliers, and 32% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 7.6% lower than for men. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.

Who runs and controls the company?

5 of 6 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 25 Jul 2027.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices27 Jun 2026 – 2 Jan 2027
Average time taken to pay invoices
41 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
32%
Standard payment terms
0–91 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 26%
  • 31 to 60 days 68%
  • After 60 days 6%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
27 Dec 2025
48
5%
2%
28 Jun 2025
42
10%
45%
28 Dec 2024
45
16%
27%
29 Jun 2024
44
14%
24%
30 Dec 2023
45
13%
17%
1 Jul 2023
49
12%
25%
31 Dec 2022
46
11%
14%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 7.6% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 7.7% lower
Median bonus pay
women 16.7% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter53.8% womenLower middle57.5% womenUpper middle42.1% womenUpper pay quarter29.9% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 6% lower
women 10.7% lower
2023/24
women 12.3% lower
women 14.3% lower
2022/23
women 11.5% lower
women 16% lower
2021/22
women 1.3% lower
women 5.8% lower
2020/21
women 9.5% lower
women 13% lower
2019/20
women 8.8% lower
women 16.3% lower
2018/19
women 13% lower
women 22.2% lower
2017/18
women 11.8% lower
women 21% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements1
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: beverages and spirits, miscellaneous food preparations, glass, machinery and plastics.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 7 of the last 12 months on record, most recently May 2026. Main goods: beverages and spirits.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

2 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.