VINTAGE SAGA LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-25 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£270K
+7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4M
+68.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
2
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+32.4% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £15,000 | £15,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£6,329 | -£70,229 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £2,057,915 | £2,724,714 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,057,915 | £2,732,740 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,307 | — | — | £252,546 | £270,297 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £2,337,418 | £3,914,761 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £867,395 | — | — | £2,329,392 | £3,914,761 | |
| Equity | — | — | £867,395 | £879,620 | £1,159,834 | £2,329,392 | £3,914,761 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
0%
£15,000 £15,000
-
Cash
+7%
£252,546 £270,297
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+68.1%
£2,329,392 £3,914,761
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
0%
2 2
-
Operating profit
-1,009.6%
-£6,329 -£70,229
-
Profit before tax
+32.4%
£2,057,915 £2,724,714
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -42.2% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3% | -1.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.31x | 0.54x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -0.03x | -0.56x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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
- VINTAGE SAGA LTD · parent
- Bright Spirits Limited 100%
- Rum Auctioneer Limited 100%
- The Dormant Distillery Company Limited 100%
- Whisky Auctioneer Limited 100%
- Wine Auctioneer Ltd 100%
- Whisky Auctioneer Germany GmbH 100%
- Decadent Drinks Limited 75%
- Whisky Auctioneer BV 100%
- Old Orkney Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, Alistair Grant | Director | 2026-03-27 | Oct 1964 | British |
| MCCLUNE, Alexander | Director | 2022-06-23 | Jul 1986 | British |
| MCCLUNE, Iain Robert | Director | 2016-10-21 | Jul 1986 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGLONE, Sean | Director | 2016-10-21 | 2019-09-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still Life Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-06 | Active |
| Mr Iain Mcclune | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-10-21 | Ceased 2019-09-06 |
| Mr Sean Mcglone | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-10-21 | Ceased 2019-09-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-01-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-01 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-12-01 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-11-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-30 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-11-30 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-10-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.