Brewdog Retail Limited
Registered name: BREWDOG RETAIL LIMITED
Part of Brewdog PLC groupBrewdog Retail Limited made £69.5m revenue and a £10m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Brewdog Retail Limited’s revenue was £69.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £10m and 1,104 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £69.4m | £69.5m |
| Cost of sales | £45m | £42.2m |
| Gross profit | £24.4m | £27.3m |
| Operating profit | −£4.4m | −£2.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£6.7m | −£4.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£6.5m | −£10m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.5m | −£10m |
| Employees (average) | 1,150 | 1,104 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −9.4% | −14.3% |
| Gross margin | 35.2% | 39.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £60.4k | £63k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.7k | −£9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £63k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9k
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 1,104
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brewdog PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Brewdog Retail Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Draft House Holding LimitedIn AdministrationRev. £5.4k · Profit −£780
- Brewdog Employee Benefit Trust LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brewdog International LimitedIn AdministrationFigures not disclosed
- Hawkes Cider LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Lost Forest 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 2024 (profit −£10m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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