MERRYDOWN PLC
Company number 00424215 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Merrydown PLC operates as a heritage niche player within the highly consolidated UK cider and soft drinks manufacturing sector, leveraging its long-standing brand history rather than competing on volume. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of SHS Group, its standalone financial metrics are shielded by parent-company audit exemptions, though its strategic positioning benefits from group-level distribution synergies while suffering from a lack of independent strategic agility. The company's future trajectory depends on its ability to navigate sector-wide shifts away from high-strength ciders toward premium, low-ABV offerings, relying on SHS Group's capital to fund necessary brand innovation.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1946-11-22
- Registered office
- MANDERSON HOUSE, 5230 Valiant Court, Delta Way Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4FE
- Postcode
- GL3 4FE
- Capital
- 5,741,685 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-01-02
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-16
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
Nature of business (SIC)
- 11030 Manufacture of cider and other fruit wines
- 11070 Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters
Officers 3 current · 29 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z827311X (Tier 1), registered since 2003.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.merrydown.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| MERRYDOWN WINE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 1993-01-19 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O MANDERSON HOUSE, 5230 VALIANT COURT, GLOUCESTER BUSINESS PARK HUCCLECOTE, GLOUCESTER, GL3 4FE, ENGLAND | 2010-05-06 |
| ORIEL VILLAS 2/3 ORIEL ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 1XN | 2010-05-05 |
| 110 CANNON STREET, LONDON, EC4N 6AR | 2008-03-17 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 17/03/2008 FROM, 110 CANNON STREET, LONDON, EC4N 6AR | 2008-03-17 |
| RAM MANOR, HEATHFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, TN21 0JA | 2005-01-06 |
| HORAM MANOR, HEATHFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, TN21 0JA | 2005-01-06 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 13 similar companies in GL, trading since 1946