LANCHESTER WINE CELLARS LIMITED

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

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Clive Owen LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, 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 group's and the parent 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

1. LANCHESTER WINE CELLARS LIMITED · parent
   1. Bon Bon's (Wholesale) Limited 100% · UK · Wholesale of chocolate and sugar confectionary
   2. The Wine Fusion Limited 75% · UK · Wine merchants, wholesalers and importers
   3. Spicers of Hythe Limited 100% · UK · Sale of hampers and contract packing services

Significant events

• “Increased duty had a significant effect on wine sales and hurt the hospitality industry.”
• “Group increased customer base and cut spending to grow business.”
• “Lanchester Wines achieved increased volumes and won new "on trade" customers.”
• “Champagne Moutard sales nearly doubled, New Zealand ranges selling well (Nika Tiki).”
• “Full Circle Brew Co achieved many new listings, Tap Room turnover nearly doubled, invested in a new centrifuge.”
• “The Wine Fusion had a year of consolidation, focusing on finding new and unusual wines.”
• “Spicers of Hythe had a challenging year with corporate customers reducing demand, but strong management led to good profit.”
• “Bon Bons had a challenging year with rising overheads and sugar/chocolate prices, but invested heavily in a new automated chocolate production line and acquired Choc Amor business.”
• “Proposed rebuild of the original HQ building to centralise the wider business, reducing transport and energy consumption.”
• “Planned installation of a 2.5MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Greencroft 2 building to form a full micro-grid.”
• “Switched electricity contracts to zero carbon contracts across the group.”
• “Continued to transition company vehicles towards EV and Hybrid alternatives.”
• “Began migrating production processes to new build at HQ site, utilising 3.1MW of solar panels.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +4.2%

  £65,590,836 → £68,322,344

• Cash

  -57.6%

  £644,654 → £273,121

• Net assets

  +26.7%

  £6,534,819 → £8,281,222

• Employees

  +9.1%

  264 → 288

• Operating profit

  +84.7%

  £2,262,150 → £4,177,440

• Profit before tax

  +172.6%

  £413,839 → £1,128,271

• Wages

  +13.9%

  £7,619,172 → £8,679,145

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