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Hop Back Brewery Public Limited Company

Hop Back Brewery in Wiltshire brews award-winning ales like Summer Lightning. Explore our handcrafted beers and visit our pubs today! The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 34 years old · 1,170th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 1990s

Company number02658155
StatusActive
Incorporated29/10/1991
Accounts last made up to30/09/2025
Next accounts due31/03/2027
Accounts typeFULL
Charges outstanding6

Registered office

HOP BACK BREWERY, 23 BATTEN ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, DOWNTON,SALISBURY,WILTSHIRE, SP5 3HU

Online

Website www.hopback.co.uk

Social accounts Facebook

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Filing history

This company has 147 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 19/03/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 04/11/2025.

Filings: officer changes32
Filings: accounts30
Filings: annual returns20
Filings: confirmation statements10
Filings: charges4
Filings: share capital4

The most recent filings

Accounts, full 19/03/2026
Confirmation statement 04/11/2025
Accounts, full 24/03/2025
Confirmation statement 12/12/2024
Accounts, full 25/03/2024
Confirmation statement 03/11/2023
Accounts, full 29/03/2023
Director appointed 20/12/2022
Confirmation statement 20/10/2022
Accounts, full 21/03/2022

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 5 current officers and 17 who have resigned.

Alison Judith Freezer Secretaryappointed 06/01/2006
Jamie Fergusson Directorappointed 15/11/2022
John Michael Gilbert Directorappointed 29/10/1991
Ian Norman Jeffs Directorappointed 01/07/2019
Steven Andrew Wright Directorappointed 01/01/2009

Who controls it

Companies must record the people or entities with significant control. The register shows 1 current entry.

John Michael Gilbert
Owns 50% to 75% of the shares; Holds 50% to 75% of the voting rights
since 06/04/2016

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 10 registered charges, of which 6 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

A registered charge
Lloyds Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 19/08/2020
Mortgage deed
Lloyds Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 24/04/1998
Mortgage
Lloyds Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 04/02/1998
Debenture
Lloyds Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 08/07/1996
Mortgage deed
Lloyds Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 08/07/1996
Mortgage deed
Lloyds Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 08/07/1996
Fixed and floating charge
Midland Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 29/08/1995
Legal charge
Midland Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 26/09/1994

Showing the 8 most recent. The full list is on the Companies House record.

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 1,170th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1990s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)