Pioneer Brewing Company Limited
Registered name: PIONEER BREWING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Anheuser-Busch Inbev Sa/Nv groupPioneer Brewing Company Limited made £1.1m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Pioneer Brewing Company Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 19 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The immediate parent undertaking as at 31 December 2025 was AB InBev UK Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £911k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | £330k | £426k | £855k |
| Gross profit | £581k | £612k | £238k |
| Operating profit | −£1.4m | −£436k | −£536k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.9m | −£959k | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.9m | −£959k | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | £476k | £463k | £531k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 17 | 19 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −204.2% | −92.4% | −98.4% |
| Gross margin | 63.8% | 59% | 21.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £60.7k | £61k | £57.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£124k | −£56.4k | −£56.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14% | ▲5.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.3% | ▲11.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £117k | £109k | £215k |
| Net assets | −£6.4m | −£7.3m | −£8.4m |
| Debtors | — | £581k | £43.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −98.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £57.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£56.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£8.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲96%
- Now £215k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Anheuser-Busch Inbev Sa/Nv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Abi UK Holding 1 Limited75–100%
- Nimbuspath Limited75–100%
- Ab Inbev UK Limited75–100%
- Pioneer Brewing Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Ab Inbev UK Healthcare Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ab Inbev UK Pension Trust LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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