DENBIES WINE ESTATE LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
178
+0.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£435k
+73.8% first positive since 2020
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,631,152 | £7,232,991 | £7,496,599 | £8,132,008 | £7,593,517 | £7,514,900 | -1% | |
| Operating profit | -£28,202 | £1,581,813 | £1,267,519 | £922,046 | £390,836 | £545,343 | +39.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£91,627 | £1,524,293 | £1,177,381 | £771,811 | £250,103 | £434,708 | +73.8% | |
| Net profit | -£8,656 | £1,178,793 | £954,679 | £586,966 | £188,210 | £326,708 | +73.6% | |
| Cash | £609,879 | £1,384,456 | £1,357,345 | £1,140,927 | £1,318,240 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,477,720 | £5,500,407 | £7,032,159 | £7,446,598 | £7,485,258 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £2,635,150 | £3,813,943 | £4,768,622 | £5,355,588 | £5,543,798 | — | — | |
| Equity | £2,635,150 | £3,813,943 | £4,768,622 | £5,355,588 | £5,543,798 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 135 | 134 | 187 | 184 | 177 | 178 | +0.6% | |
| Wages | £1,756,978 | £2,017,272 | £2,375,424 | £2,698,800 | £2,859,619 | £2,843,907 | -0.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £71,063 | £137,970 | £135,250 | £244,542 | £200,507 | £207,123 | +3.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £2,108 | £6,143 | £12,307 | +100.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £137,875 | £109,910 | £113,533 | +3.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.6% | 21.9% | 16.9% | 11.3% | 5.1% | 7.3% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | 16.3% | 12.7% | 7.2% | 2.5% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.6% | 28.8% | 18.0% | 12.4% | 5.2% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 53.3% | 45.3% | 44.2% | 39.8% | 36.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 5.75x | 6.76x | — | |
| Interest cover | -0.44x | 27.50x | 13.73x | 5.04x | 2.29x | 4.09x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POTTON, Richard Stephen | Secretary | 2016-07-26 | — | — |
| POTTON, Richard Stephen | Director | 2019-11-21 | Feb 1975 | British |
| WHITE, Christopher Adrian | Director | 2015-10-30 | Oct 1976 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FULLER, Linda Denise | Secretary | 2015-10-26 | 2016-07-26 |
| WATERMAN, Peter | Director | 2015-10-13 | 2015-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denbies Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-01-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-11-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.