Timothy Taylor: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Timothy Taylor & Co.limited has no person with significant control recorded on the Companies House register. In the year to September 2025 it reported turnover of £36m.
- In the year to September 2025, Timothy Taylor had turnover of £36m, up 2.2% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £3m, keeping £8.36 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 156 people, with staff costs of £8m.
- These figures are from Timothy Taylor & Co.limited's accounts for the year to September 2025, filed at Companies House on 10 June 2026.
- Registered name
- TIMOTHY TAYLOR & CO.LIMITED
- Company number
- 00243794
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 16 November 1929
- Registered office area
- Bradford
- Industry code on the register
- 11050: Manufacture of beverages
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to September 2025, filed 10 June 2026
What does Timothy Taylor do?
Timothy Taylor is a family-owned brewery in Keighley, West Yorkshire, founded in 1858 and best known for Landlord pale ale. It brews at its Knowle Spring brewery using water from its own spring. It sells its cask and bottled beer to pubs, bars and shops across the UK, and runs a small estate of pubs of its own.
In brief: family brewer · Keighley, Yorkshire · Landlord pale ale · cask beer to pubs
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 4 November 2026. Official website: timothytaylor.co.uk.
Who owns Timothy Taylor?
Timothy Taylor & Co.limited, company number 00243794, has no person with significant control recorded on the register. The full record is linked below.
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 Timothy Taylor?
The Companies House register lists 10 current officers for Timothy Taylor & Co.limited.
All 10 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Timothy Clarke | 27 May 2010 |
| Claire Hodgson | 1 October 2015 |
| Sarah Louise Rouhani | 1 October 2015 |
| Benjamin Thomas Dent | 1 October 2015 |
| James Clive Orrock Simpson | 1 January 2019 |
| John Philip Tempest Walsh | 1 January 2019 |
| Paul Tiffany | 5 September 2023 |
| Paul Tiffany | 5 September 2023 |
| Andrew James Carter | 19 March 2025 |
| Patrick Anthony Dardis | 16 February 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Timothy Taylor file?
Timothy Taylor & Co.limited reported turnover of £36m in the year to September 2025. That was up 2.2% on £35m the year before.
It reported 156 employees. The year before it reported 147.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £3m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £3m the year before.
Staff costs came to £8m. That is an average of £51,000 a head. It ended the year with £7m at the bank and net assets of £35m. It paid dividends of £1.0m.
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £36m | £35m |
| Pre-tax profit | £3m (filed) | £3m (filed) |
| Employees | 156 | 147 |
| Staff costs | £8m | £8m |
| Average staff cost per head | £51,000 | £54,000 |
| Bank and cash | £7m | £9m |
| Net assets | £35m | £34m |
| Dividends paid | £1.0m | £1.8m |
| Interest paid | £2k | |
| Interest received | £0.3m | |
| Directors' pay | £1.3m |
Read the accounts to September 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against Timothy Taylor?
Timothy Taylor & Co.limited has registered 1 charge 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 Timothy Taylor compares
Of the 6 family brewers, Timothy Taylor is 5th on turnover, 2nd on profit margin and 3rd on growth. Harvey's keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £14.86.
| Rank | Family brewers | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | St Austell | £234m | £1.39 |
| 5th | Timothy Taylor | £36m | £8.36 |
| + 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.
Timothy Taylor files as Timothy Taylor & Co.limited, with turnover of £36m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Timothy Taylor
What does Timothy Taylor do?
Timothy Taylor is a family-owned brewery in Keighley, West Yorkshire, founded in 1858 and best known for Landlord pale ale. It brews at its Knowle Spring brewery using water from its own spring. It sells its cask and bottled beer to pubs, bars and shops across the UK, and runs a small estate of pubs of its own.
How does Timothy Taylor compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Timothy Taylor is 5th 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 Timothy Taylor?
Timothy Taylor & Co.limited has no person with significant control recorded at Companies House.
How much does Timothy Taylor make?
Timothy Taylor & Co.limited reported turnover of £36m in the year to September 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £3m.
How many people work at Timothy Taylor?
Timothy Taylor & Co.limited reported 156 employees in the year to September 2025.
Who runs Timothy Taylor?
The Companies House register lists 10 current officers for Timothy Taylor & Co.limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Timothy Taylor & Co.limited's filings at Companies House, company number 00243794, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- 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, “Timothy Taylor: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/timothy-taylor/. Figures from Companies House filings for TIMOTHY TAYLOR & CO.LIMITED (00243794).
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