WINEMARK THE WINEMERCHANTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£51K
+18.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£26M
+5.9% vs 2023
Employees
231
+2.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£93K
-91.8% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £22,431,665 | £23,033,675 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,136,951 | £478,461 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,136,951 | £93,388 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £855,347 | -£29,160 | |
| Cash | — | — | £43,244 | £51,384 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £25,151,440 | £26,546,999 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £24,794,820 | £26,267,711 | |
| Equity | — | — | £24,794,820 | £26,267,711 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 226 | 231 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,929,567 | £3,025,355 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.7%
£22,431,665 £23,033,675
-
Cash
+18.8%
£43,244 £51,384
-
Net assets
+5.9%
£24,794,820 £26,267,711
-
Employees
+2.2%
226 231
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Operating profit
-57.9%
£1,136,951 £478,461
-
Profit before tax
-91.8%
£1,136,951 £93,388
-
Wages
+3.3%
£2,929,567 £3,025,355
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 5.1% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 3.8% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 4.5% | 1.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 12.5% | 10.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 5.24x | 5.93x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 163.63x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WINEMARK THE WINEMERCHANTS LIMITED 1989-08-22 → present
- WINEMARK (N.I.) LIMITED 1978-05-05 → 1989-08-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MTS Convery
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared budgets and cash flows for a period of at least twelve months from the end of the financial year which demonstrate that there is no material uncertainty regarding the company's ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due, and to continue as a going concern. On this basis the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REID, Kevin | Secretary | 2022-09-30 | — | — |
| DAVIS, Robert James | Director | 1978-05-05 | Aug 1952 | British |
| HUNT, James Patrick | Director | 2009-05-19 | Mar 1976 | Irish |
| HUNT, James Oliver | Director | 2002-04-08 | Jul 1946 | British |
| HUNT, Patrick Michael Paul | Director | 2009-05-19 | Mar 1973 | British |
| MCGRANAGHAN, Catherine Rachael | Director | 2023-07-24 | May 1977 | Northern Irish |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCAULEY, Davey | Secretary | 2019-12-23 | 2022-01-14 |
| OHARE, John | Secretary | 2022-01-14 | 2022-09-30 |
| WILSON, William Stewart | Secretary | 1978-05-05 | 2019-12-23 |
| HUNT, Patrick Mark Paul | Director | 1978-05-05 | 2023-07-11 |
| MCCORMACK, Patrick A | Director | 1978-05-05 | 2003-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wine Inns Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-13 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-10-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-01-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.