VENUS WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

• Turnover

  +4.9%

  £111,393,551 → £116,870,971

  highest in 3 filed years

• Cash

  -51.4%

  £6,441,798 → £3,131,625

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Net assets

  -2.4%

  £11,068,710 → £10,807,938

• Employees

  +7.2%

  125 → 134

  highest in 3 filed years

• Operating profit

  -81.9%

  £5,424,785 → £983,686

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Profit before tax

  -75.8%

  £5,603,000 → £1,354,078

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Wages

  +45.5%

  £5,662,466 → £8,237,420

  highest in 3 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

1. VENUS WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS LIMITED 2025-07-14 → present
2. VENUS WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS PLC 2006-01-27 → 2025-07-14

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

GOODMAN LAWRENCE & CO

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. VENUS WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS LIMITED · parent
   1. Aotearoa Distribution Ltd 100% · UK · Dormant Holding Company
   2. The Madison Drinks Company Ltd 100% · UK · Dormant Company

Significant events

• “During FY2025, Venus will continue to face the challenge associated with the cost inflationary impact on consumer spending, increased duty rates and the introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).”
• “Venus will also continue to work with its new parent, Booker Ltd, to find areas of synergy and investigate sharing of resources to find further efficiencies.”
• “Following the acquisition of 100% of the ordinary share capital of the Company by Booker Limited on 4 June 2024, the Company's ultimate parent undertaking is Tesco PLC.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

13

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.