Harvey's: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Mrs Adele Mackenzie Smith. In the year to December 2025 Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited reported turnover of £25m.
- In the year to December 2025, Harvey's had turnover of £25m, up 0.5% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £4m, keeping £14.86 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 210 people, with staff costs of £7m.
- These figures are from Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited's group accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 15 July 2026.
- Registered name
- HARVEY & SON (LEWES) LIMITED
- Company number
- 00235093
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 24 November 1928
- Registered office area
- Brighton
- Industry code on the register
- 11050: Manufacture of beverages
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 15 July 2026
What does Harvey's do?
Harvey's is a family-owned brewery in Lewes, East Sussex, founded in 1790 and best known for Sussex Best Bitter. It brews at its Bridge Wharf Brewery on the River Ouse. It makes its money from selling beer to pubs and shops, mostly in Sussex and the South East, and from its own estate of pubs across Sussex.
In brief: family brewer · Lewes, Sussex · Sussex Best Bitter · own pubs and wholesale
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 4 November 2026. Official website: harveys.org.uk.
Who owns Harvey's?
The Companies House register records Mrs Adele Mackenzie Smith as the person with significant control of Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited, company number 00235093.
The register names an individual, not a company, as its controller.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Harvey's?
The Companies House register lists 4 current officers for Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited.
All 4 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Miles Anthony Jenner | |
| Hamish Carlyon Rundle Elder | 1 May 1993 |
| Adele Mackenzie Smith | 22 May 2009 |
| Julia Margaret Harvey Prescott | 19 March 2010 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Harvey's file?
Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited reported turnover of £25m in the year to December 2025. That was up 0.5% on £25m the year before.
It reported 210 employees. The year before it reported 208.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £4m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £4m the year before.
Staff costs came to £7m. That is an average of £33,000 a head. It ended the year with £8m at the bank and net assets of £53m. It paid dividends of £0.8m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25m | £25m |
| Pre-tax profit | £4m (filed) | £4m (filed) |
| Employees | 210 | 208 |
| Staff costs | £7m | £7m |
| Average staff cost per head | £33,000 | £32,000 |
| Bank and cash | £8m | £9m |
| Net assets | £53m | £51m |
| Dividends paid | £0.8m | £0.6m |
| Interest paid | £4k | |
| Interest received | £0.2m | |
| Directors' pay | £0.5m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets · Group accounts
Are there any charges against Harvey's?
Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited has registered 7 charges at Companies House, and all of them have since been satisfied. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Harvey's compares
Of the 6 family brewers, Harvey's is 6th on turnover, 1st on profit margin and 5th on growth.
| Rank | Family brewers | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | St Austell | £234m | £1.39 |
| 6th | Harvey's | £25m | £14.86 |
| + 4 more family brewers ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Harvey's files as Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited, whose person with significant control is Mrs Adele Mackenzie Smith, with turnover of £25m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Harvey's
What does Harvey's do?
Harvey's is a family-owned brewery in Lewes, East Sussex, founded in 1790 and best known for Sussex Best Bitter. It brews at its Bridge Wharf Brewery on the River Ouse. It makes its money from selling beer to pubs and shops, mostly in Sussex and the South East, and from its own estate of pubs across Sussex.
How does Harvey's compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Harvey's is 6th of the 6 companies in our battle of the family brewers, behind St Austell. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the family brewers →
Who owns Harvey's?
The Companies House register records Mrs Adele Mackenzie Smith as the person with significant control of Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited.
How much does Harvey's make?
Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited reported turnover of £25m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £4m.
How many people work at Harvey's?
Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited reported 210 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Harvey's?
The Companies House register lists 4 current officers for Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Harvey & Son (Lewes) Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 00235093, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Harvey's: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/harveys/. Figures from Companies House filings for HARVEY & SON (LEWES) LIMITED (00235093).
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