CVH SPIRITS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-09 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+50.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£161M
-0.9% vs 2024
Employees
300
-8.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£670K
-107.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £112,841,000 | £81,855,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,452,000 | £3,868,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,657,000 | -£670,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,727,000 | -£1,768,000 | |
| Cash | £2,993,000 | £4,509,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £161,952,000 | £160,569,000 | |
| Net assets | £161,952,000 | £160,569,000 | |
| Equity | £161,952,000 | £160,569,000 | |
| Average employees | 328 | 300 | |
| Wages | £16,354,000 | £13,750,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £636,000 | £1,093,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-27.5%
£112,841,000 £81,855,000
-
Cash
+50.7%
£2,993,000 £4,509,000
-
Net assets
-0.9%
£161,952,000 £160,569,000
-
Employees
-8.5%
328 300
-
Operating profit
-68.9%
£12,452,000 £3,868,000
-
Profit before tax
-107.7%
£8,657,000 -£670,000
-
Wages
-15.9%
£16,354,000 £13,750,000
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 6.0% | -2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.7% | 2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.5% | 45.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.79x | 6.86x | |
| Interest cover | 3.28x | 0.85x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- CVH SPIRITS LIMITED 2023-04-26 → present
- DISTELL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2016-04-04 → 2023-04-26
- BURN STEWART DISTILLERS LIMITED 2003-07-31 → 2016-04-04
- BURN STEWART DISTILLERS PLC 1991-01-31 → 2003-07-31
- BURN STEWART GROUP LIMITED 1988-07-04 → 1991-01-31
- PACIFIC SHELF 158 LIMITED 1988-03-16 → 1988-07-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the group can meet its financial obligations for the foreseeable future and has adequate resources to continue to operate for the 15-month period to 31 December 2026. As a result, the directors consider the business to be a going concern and that no material uncertainty exists and so continue to adopt the going concern basis for preparation of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CVH SPIRITS LIMITED · parent
- Albyn Bond (Airdrie) Limited 1%
- Burn, Stewart & Co. Limited 1%
- Burn Stewart (US Holdings) Limited 1%
- Deanston Distillery Company Limited 1%
- Gordon Graham & Company Limited 1%
- Ledaig Distillery (Tobermory) Limited 1%
- St. Andrews Distilling Company Limited 1%
- St. Leger & Co Limited 1%
- The Black Prince Scotch Whisky Company Limited 1%
- The Bunnahabhain Distillery Company Limited 1%
- The Wallace Malt Liqueur Company Limited 1%
- Tobermory Distillers Limited 1%
- Ingenious Alchemy Company Limited 1%
- Nordren McCall Limited 1%
- CVH Spirits+B633 North America, Inc 1%
- CVH Europe GmbH
Significant events
- “In April 2025 management initiated a restructuring of the business to further reduce overall headcount and cost... a one off restructuring cost was incurred in the 30 June 2025 results.”
- “The company decided to impair trademarks ... to the value of £1.4m(2024: £nil). This one-off impairment loss is included in profit before tax in the Statement of Profit and Loss for the current year.”
- “The Company's net revenue for the 2025 financial year decreased by 28% to £81.9 million. This decrease is primarily driven by the exit of the distribution of Wine and Amarula brands.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 52 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKEBUISI, Nwavudu Constance | Secretary | 2018-10-10 | — | — |
| NOLTE, Werner | Director | 2014-09-15 | Jan 1976 | South African |
| O'RAHILLY, Ronan Christopher | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1986 | Irish |
Show 52 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, Sara | Secretary | 2003-04-10 | 2003-04-10 |
| MCKELVIE, Gordon Campbell | Secretary | 1992-11-16 | 1998-10-26 |
| STIRRAT, James Campbell Muir | Secretary | 1998-10-26 | 2014-04-30 |
| STIRRAT, James Campbell Muir | Secretary | — | 1992-11-16 |
| MD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1988-03-16 | 1990-01-26 |
| BANKIER, Ian Patrick | Director | 1995-01-24 | 2004-12-31 |
| BIDESHI, Steve Michael Andrew | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2010-01-31 |
| BISHOP, Sara | Director | 2004-07-19 | 2016-04-01 |
| BOTHA, Merwe Johannes | Director | 2013-04-12 | 2016-04-01 |
| BRACKIN, Philip Neil | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2009-02-25 |
| BYERS, John Scott | Director | 1998-10-26 | 2000-01-31 |
| CALDER, Andrew Scott | Director | 2008-01-14 | 2013-04-15 |
| CAMPBELL, James Stephen | Director | 2000-01-31 | 2006-10-01 |
| CORNWELL, Jeremy Barry | Director | — | 1992-11-11 |
| COWMAN, John Michael | Director | 1991-09-02 | 1996-03-01 |
| DUPREY, Lawrence Andre | Director | 2002-12-30 | 2009-07-22 |
| FOLMER, Ysbrand Hendrik Martinus Nijgh | Director | 1991-10-28 | 1995-10-30 |
| FORD, James Douglas Neilson | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2002-12-30 |
| GALLOW, Donald James | Director | 2013-04-12 | 2015-12-23 |
| GRIMSLEY, Alfred | Director | 2005-04-21 | 2006-10-01 |
| HOLDER, Marlon Albert | Director | 2010-05-05 | 2014-07-01 |
| LEWIS, Alison | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2010-09-20 |
| MCANDREW, Nicolas | Director | 1991-05-08 | 1999-06-30 |
| MCGRANE, Joseph | Director | 1991-01-17 | 1991-10-28 |
| MCLURE, Donald Niven Allen | Director | — | 1995-12-27 |
| MITCHELL, Andrew Robert | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2013-04-12 |
| MONCK, Bosworth Joseph | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2009-02-25 |
| MURPHY, Simon Charles Gower | Director | 1999-06-23 | 2002-04-01 |
| MURRAY, Norman Loch | Director | 1988-07-20 | 1990-12-11 |
| NATHAN, Steven Jeffrey | Director | 2023-11-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| NATHAN, Steven Jeffrey | Director | 2017-06-21 | 2018-06-25 |
| PATEL, Patrick | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2009-11-23 |
| PATTON, Julian Deering | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2026-01-31 |
| RAMCHAND, Robert Philip | Director | 2011-11-25 | 2014-07-01 |
| RUDDY, Liam Anthony | Director | 2005-04-21 | 2006-10-01 |
| RUSHTON, Richard Mark | Director | 2014-01-30 | 2016-04-01 |
| RYCROFT, Kate Sarah | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| SCANNELL, Johannes Jacobus | Director | 2013-04-12 | 2014-01-30 |
| SCHIPPER, Robert | Director | 1991-01-17 | 1991-10-28 |
| SHEDDEN, Alfred Charles | Director | 2000-03-30 | 2002-12-30 |
| SNYMAN, Caroline Lucie Charlotte, Dr. | Director | 2013-04-12 | 2016-04-01 |
| STIRRAT, James Campbell Muir | Director | 1989-05-05 | 2013-04-12 |
| STIRRAT, James Campbell Muir | Director | — | 1992-11-16 |
| SULTAN-KHAN, Shafeek Gregory Amrall, Dr. | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2010-06-22 |
| TEIXEIRA, Joseph Elliott | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2013-04-12 |
| THORNTON, Fraser John | Director | 2002-12-30 | 2021-02-28 |
| THORNTON, William | Director | — | 2002-12-30 |
| VAN ZYL, Johan | Director | 2019-02-18 | 2021-02-28 |
| WALKER, William James | Director | — | 2003-01-17 |
| YETMING, Gerald | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2013-04-12 |
| YIP CHOY, Wayne Leslie | Director | 2010-11-03 | 2011-12-20 |
| MD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1988-03-16 | 1990-01-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distell Group Proprietary Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 367 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-04-26 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-26 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-03-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.