THATCHERS CIDER COMPANY LIMITED

Active
Company number 00550634Private limited companyIncorporated 1955

Key figures

£56,166,000+11.0%
Net assets 2024/25
+11.0%
Average annual growth 2023/24–2024/25
020 m40 m60 m2023/242024/25

† THATCHERS CIDER COMPANY LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 11030

Where the company stands among the 331 active companies whose first SIC code is 11030 (Manufacture of cider and other fruit wines).

Net assets£56,166,000
Higher than 99% · median £1,371
Total assets£128,460,000
Higher than 97% · median £47,240
Cash£9,251,000
Higher than 97% · median £10,285
Employees269
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age71.4 years
Older than 97% · median 8.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. MAGNERS GB LIMITED£57.6m
  2. THATCHERS CIDER COMPANY LIMITED£56.2m
  3. ASTON MANOR LIMITED£39.8m
  4. THOMAS HARDY HOLDINGS LIMITED£25.2m
  5. CORNISH SCRUMPY HOLDINGS LIMITED£20.2m
  6. THOMAS HARDY BURTONWOOD LIMITED£8.2m
  7. THOMAS HARDY KENDAL LIMITED£5m
  8. HENNEY'S CIDER COMPANY LIMITED£4.1m
  9. SHEPPY'S CIDER LIMITED£4.1m
  10. SANDFORD ORCHARDS LIMITED£3m

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, so those groups are smaller than 331. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: THATCHERS CIDER COMPANY LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

THATCHERS CIDER COMPANY LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00550634. It was incorporated on 13 Jun 1955. Its status is active. The registered office is in Winscombe (BS25). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of cider and other fruit wines (11030).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Aug 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £214,162,000. Profit for the year was £12,581,000. Net assets were £56,166,000, up 11% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £9,251,000. Total assets were £128,460,000 and total liabilities £63,855,000. The company had an average of 269 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 331 active companies whose first SIC code is 11030: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £1,371). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £47,240). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £10,285). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 97% of them (median age 8.1 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £5,000, from Department for Education.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 2.7% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 15 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 May 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 4 Jul 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Turnover203,904,000214,162,000
Profit for the year12,022,00012,581,000
Cash at bank and in hand14,455,0009,251,000
Total assets119,918,000128,460,000
Total liabilities64,857,00063,855,000
Net assets / total equity50,585,00056,166,000
Average number of employees261269

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

2 grants

THATCHERS CIDER COMPANY LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2020, together worth £5,000.

Grants
  1. Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18Department for Education · £4,000
  2. Apprenticeships Participation 18+Department for Education · £1,000

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 2.7% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 8.2% lower
Median bonus pay
women 10% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter26.2% womenLower middle26.2% womenUpper middle25% womenUpper pay quarter15% women
Earlier years (1)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 4.2% lower
women 14.8% 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 statements6
2027
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Earlier years (3)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (THATCHERS HOLDINGS LIMITED)

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.

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

28 events
  1. Mr Martin Thatcher ceased to be a person with significant control
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £214.2m, net assets £56.2m, 269 employees
  3. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £203.9m, net assets £50.6m, 261 employees
  4. Mr Jonathan David Nixon ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Mr Mark Paul Jelbert ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Mr Lance Moir ceased to be a person with significant control
  7. Mrs Charlotte Jane Boyle ceased to be a person with significant control
  8. Mr Gary Derek Delafield ceased to be a person with significant control
Earlier events (20)
  1. Lord Digby Jones ceased to be a person with significant control
  2. Mr Christopher Milton ceased to be a person with significant control
  3. Mr Robert Graham Davis ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Mr Robert Charles Sandall ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Mr Jonathan David Nixon registered as a person with significant control
  6. Mr Mark Paul Jelbert registered as a person with significant control
  7. Mr Rupert Geoffrey Ryland Thompson ceased to be a person with significant control
  8. Mr Lance Moir registered as a person with significant control
  9. Mrs Charlotte Jane Boyle registered as a person with significant control
  10. Mr Neil Day ceased to be a person with significant control
  11. Mr Gary Derek Delafield registered as a person with significant control
  12. Thatchers Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  13. Mr Martin Thatcher registered as a person with significant control
  14. Lord Digby Jones registered as a person with significant control
  15. Mr Christopher Milton registered as a person with significant control
  16. Mr Robert Graham Davis registered as a person with significant control
  17. Mr Robert Charles Sandall registered as a person with significant control
  18. Mr Rupert Geoffrey Ryland Thompson registered as a person with significant control
  19. Mr Neil Day registered as a person with significant control
  20. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.