# Vocation Brewery Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [08910830](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08910830)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 25 Feb 2014
- **Registered office:** CRAGGS COUNTRY BUSINESS PARK NEW ROAD, CRAGG VALE, HEBDEN BRIDGE, HX7 5TT
- **Nature of business:** [11050](/sic/11050) Manufacture of beer
- **Corporate group:** [GMV Nominees Ltd](/group/4) (48298 companies)


## Previous names

- Brewery On The Hill Limited (until 9 Feb 2015)
- Friendly Wolf Limited (until 21 Aug 2014)
- Rocket Brewery Limited (until 10 Dec 2014)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUMSDEN, Gail Mentier | director | 15 Sep 2023 | 14 Jul 2026 |
| BROOKS, John Robert | director | 21 Feb 2024 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Maxwell Hickling | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 | 16 Dec 2021 |
| Mr Richard Allen Stenson | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 16 Dec 2021 | 5 Oct 2023 |
| Bgf Investment Management Limited | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 16 Dec 2021 | 23 May 2024 |
| Mr John Hickling | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 16 Dec 2021 | 23 May 2024 |
| Vocation Group Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 16 Dec 2021 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2021 | £3,251,856 | £767,864 | 25 |
| 31 Mar 2020 | £1,945,855 | £157,588 | 20 |
| 31 Mar 2019 | £1,149,004 | £147,564 | 10 |
| 31 Mar 2018 | £473,301 | £92,304 | 7 |
| 28 Feb 2017 | £220,221 | £323,381 | 6 |
| 28 Feb 2015 | -£42,457 | £8,594 | - |



## Owned by

Vocation Brewery Limited → [Vocation Group Limited](/company/10400023) → [BGF Investment Management Limited](/company/10608481) → [BGF Group PLC](/company/10657226) → [Barclays Funds Investments Limited](/company/04002470) → [Barclays Equity Holdings Limited](/company/02569002)




## Directors' other companies

- [BROOKS, John Robert](/person/5886954) - director at [Vocation Group Limited](/company/10400023)
- [BROOKS, John Robert](/person/5886954) - director at [Vocation Bars Group Limited](/company/10534001)
- [BROOKS, John Robert](/person/5886954) - director at [Vocation Bars (Hebden) Limited](/company/10783779)
- [BROOKS, John Robert](/person/5886954) - director at [Vocation Bars (Halifax) Limited](/company/12177329)
- [BROOKS, John Robert](/person/5886954) - director at [Vocation Bars (Manchester) Limited](/company/13010302)
- [BROOKS, John Robert](/person/5886954) - director at [Vocation Bars (Sheffield) Limited](/company/14498121)



## Companies at the same address

- [Antha Consulting Limited](/company/16345497) (16345497)
- [Vocation Bars (Halifax) Limited](/company/12177329) (12177329)
- [Vocation Bars (Hebden) Limited](/company/10783779) (10783779)
- [Vocation Bars (Manchester) Limited](/company/13010302) (13010302)
- [Vocation Bars Group Limited](/company/10534001) (10534001)
- [Vocation Group Limited](/company/10400023) (10400023)