QUALITY SPIRITS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-12 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£76M
+3.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£29M
-43.9% vs 2023
Employees
19
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+418.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- QUALITY SPIRITS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2005-01-14 → present
- QUALITY SPIRITS INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED 1995-05-03 → 2005-01-14
- ISLAND DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED 1991-07-25 → 1995-05-03
- CHANNEL ISLANDS CREAM LIQUEURS (UK) LIMITED 1987-11-17 → 1991-07-25
- JERSEY CREAM LIQUEUR MARKETING (UK) LIMITED 1986-03-03 → 1987-11-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £45,496,000 | £48,181,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£332,000 | £1,057,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£332,000 | £1,057,000 | |
| Net profit | -£982,000 | £303,000 | |
| Cash | £73,714,000 | £76,364,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £51,692,000 | £28,995,000 | |
| Net assets | £51,692,000 | £28,995,000 | |
| Equity | £51,692,000 | £28,995,000 | |
| Average employees | 19 | 19 | |
| Wages | £1,575,000 | £1,596,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.7% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | -2.2% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.6% | 3.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.20x | 1.40x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “2024 has been a year of change for the Company as it navigated global economic and sectoral volatility, and set new priorities.”
- “The Company has made a considerable investment and has developed a renewable energy business focusing on the production of biogas from distillery co-products and other substrate inputs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNS, Kirsty Blair | Director | 2025-05-13 | Apr 1974 | British |
| HENDERSON, Ewan John | Director | 2019-06-01 | Aug 1968 | British |
| ROBERTS, Anthony Brian | Director | 2021-08-01 | Feb 1965 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTIN, Anna Hilary | Secretary | 2015-03-17 | 2018-05-31 |
| DAVIES, Stuart Leslie William | Secretary | 2018-06-01 | 2018-12-14 |
| FORBES, Karen Louise | Secretary | 2018-12-17 | 2019-08-30 |
| MCLEAN, Andrew Stuart | Secretary | 2008-05-22 | 2012-04-27 |
| STOBO, Kirstin Hilary | Secretary | 2012-04-27 | 2015-03-17 |
| TAIT, George Daniel | Secretary | 1995-04-28 | 2008-05-02 |
| WATERMAN, John Wesley | Secretary | — | 1995-04-28 |
| BEVERIDGE, James Graham | Director | — | 1993-03-23 |
| BRANNAN, Robert | Director | 1994-09-09 | 1998-05-15 |
| BROADBRIDGE, John Ricson | Director | 2020-04-09 | 2021-04-16 |
| CAMPBELL, Lindsay Margaret | Director | 2014-08-26 | 2018-04-30 |
| COWING, Helen Gaye | Director | 2019-05-13 | 2019-11-20 |
| DAVID, Stella Julie | Director | 2013-07-31 | 2016-02-29 |
| DAVIES, Alexander John | Director | 2017-06-05 | 2025-05-13 |
| DOHERTY, James Joseph | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2010-11-19 |
| DOLLMAN, Paul Bernard | Director | 1998-06-02 | 2002-12-31 |
| DRON, Gordon Norman Alan | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2013-07-31 |
| EDE, Jeremy Sunder | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2013-07-31 |
| FRAME, Alan Stewart | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2012-12-12 |
| GORDON, Grant Edward | Director | 1992-10-21 | 2000-08-08 |
| GREENWOOD, Rita Maria | Director | 2022-01-18 | 2022-05-31 |
| GUNN, Stuart William | Director | 1995-04-28 | 2004-02-13 |
| HARVEY, John Michael | Director | 2006-08-07 | 2020-03-06 |
| HENDERSON, Ewan John | Director | 2018-12-11 | 2019-05-31 |
| HOPKINS, Andrew Peter | Director | 2013-12-06 | 2016-10-31 |
| HORSFIELD, Gary | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2019-11-18 |
| HOWARD, Niall Mcleod | Director | 2003-01-06 | 2003-08-05 |
| HUNT, Simon John | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2017-09-06 |
| JEREZ, Victor Eulogio | Director | 2017-09-06 | 2018-08-01 |
| KENNEDY, Robert | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| LAMONT, Michael | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2020-09-04 |
| LAMONT, Michael | Director | 2013-07-31 | 2019-09-01 |
| LITTLE, John Martin | Director | 1993-07-05 | 1994-07-31 |
| LOWNDES, Allan Keith | Director | 2004-03-23 | 2012-12-31 |
| ROCHFORD, Paul Henry | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2011-02-01 |
| SHORT, Alexander Brian Cooper | Director | 2003-06-30 | 2007-04-01 |
| SHORT, Iain David | Director | 2015-03-17 | 2017-06-05 |
| SIMPSON, Gordon Thomas | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2020-04-08 |
| SOMMERVILLE, Judith Anne | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| SWAN, Nicholas Alexander | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2006-01-31 |
| THOMAS, Patrick Marie Charles | Director | 2000-10-27 | 2003-04-16 |
| WHITE, William Burnfield | Director | 2013-07-31 | 2014-05-16 |
| WILSON, David | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2021-08-01 |
| WILSON, Giles Robert Bryant | Director | 2020-09-04 | 2020-09-16 |
| WOODS, Joseph Gerard | Director | — | 1992-05-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Grant & Sons Enterprises Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+5.9%
£45,496,000 £48,181,000
-
Cash
+3.6%
£73,714,000 £76,364,000
-
Net assets
-43.9%
£51,692,000 £28,995,000
-
Employees
0%
19 19
-
Operating profit
+418.4%
-£332,000 £1,057,000
-
Profit before tax
+418.4%
-£332,000 £1,057,000
-
Wages
+1.3%
£1,575,000 £1,596,000
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