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Next accounts due

2026-03-31

Overdue

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-24 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-10

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£229K

-68.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£23M

+9.5% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

237

+11.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£3M

+23.1% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 5 times since incorporation

  1. BERKMANN FAMILY HOLDINGS LIMITED 2011-07-28 → present
  2. BERKMANN HOLDINGS LIMITED 1988-02-01 → 2011-07-28
  3. BERKMANN WINE CELLARS LIMITED 1982-07-08 → 1988-02-01
  4. BERKMANN INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1982-07-08
  5. BERKMANN WINE INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 1978-12-31
  6. DUPAT FOOD PRODUCTS LIMITED 1964-01-30 → 1977-12-31

Accounts

3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31

Metric Trend 2022-03-312023-03-312024-03-31
Turnover £100,959,615£112,001,428
Operating profit £2,661,784£3,896,638
Profit before tax £2,547,824£3,135,239
Net profit £1,864,581£1,941,897
Cash £730,828£228,628
Total assets less current liabilities £24,488,475£26,164,776
Net assets £1,762,879£20,546,876£22,508,240
Equity £1,762,879£20,212,924£22,134,588
Average employees 213237
Wages £9,831,288£10,941,295

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

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2022-03-312023-03-312024-03-31
Operating margin 2.6%3.5%
Net margin 1.8%1.7%
Return on capital employed 10.9%14.9%
Current ratio 1.58x1.56x
Interest cover 20.35x10.74x

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
Consolidated group
Auditor
PKF Francis Clark
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. BERKMANN FAMILY HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
    1. Berkmann Wine Cellars Limited 98.38% · wine merchant and importer
    2. Spirit Cartel Limited 100% · dormant company
    3. Churchill Vintners Limited 100% · dormant company
    4. Berkmann Wine Cellars Do Brasil Ltda 92.5% · Brazil · wine merchant and importer
    5. Berkmann Ltd 100% · property ownership company
    6. Cartel Brands Limited 51% · wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages
    7. Cantinetta London Limited 20% · resturant

Significant events

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

People

10 active · 14 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CLARK, Sarah Jane Secretary 2023-08-22
BERKMANN, Catherine Eva Director 2019-05-24 Jun 1978 British
BERKMANN, Ewa Smolinska Director 2014-06-01 Feb 1949 British
BERKMANN, Rupert Anthony Director 2009-09-16 Dec 1979 British
HAIDACHER, Peter Director 2010-12-01 Nov 1943 Austrian
HUNT, Alexander Julian Director 2025-04-23 Nov 1979 British
LOWE, William Peter Director 2021-10-28 Nov 1961 British
MARSHALL, Charles Edward Director 2023-08-22 May 1969 British
RAJ, Nitkuna Raj Vimala Director 2023-08-22 Oct 1966 Malaysian
RICARD, Bruno Jean-Luc Director 2020-09-09 Jul 1958 French
Show 14 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CALNAN, Keith Daniel Secretary 2011-12-31
VIMALA RAJ, Nitkuna Raj Secretary 2012-02-10 2023-08-22
BERKMANN, Aida Director 2000-01-01 2006-01-17
BERKMANN, Joseph Director 2025-10-01
CALNAN, Keith Daniel Director 2011-03-23 2011-12-31
CALNAN, Keith Daniel Director 2009-09-16
CHANGELA, Dinesh Director 1999-01-01 2009-09-16
CHEESMAN, Allan Barton Director 2005-06-14 2008-11-15
GIRET, Claude Director 1993-02-01
GOODYEAR, Stephen Frederick Director 2025-01-06 2026-02-26
HAIDACHER, Peter Director 1996-06-20 2009-09-21
PAGENDAM, George Director 1993-07-07
RICARD, Bruno Jean-Luc Director 2006-11-02 2009-09-16
ZOIA, Franco Director 1993-10-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Rupert Anthony Berkmann Individual ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors 2020-04-01 Active
Latin-American Rum Traders S.A. Corporate entity Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors, Significant influence 2016-07-28 Ceased 2017-07-28
Mr Joseph Berkmann Individual Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2020-04-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 166 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-02-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-11-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-01 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-05-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-01-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-01-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-07-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-07-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-12-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2023-08-29 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-08-29 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2023-08-29 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-08-29 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-07-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-04-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-03-01 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-03-01 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2022-08-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
6

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

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

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-03-31 vs 2023-03-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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