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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-04 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-11-20

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£6M

-22% vs 2024

Net assets

£40M

-3.6% vs 2024

Employees

247

+4.2% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£3M

-44.5% vs 2024

Watchouts

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

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. LIBERTY WINES LIMITED 1998-02-09 → present
  2. LIBERTY WINES (UK) LIMITED 1997-04-25 → 1998-02-09
  3. DOCKMANOR LIMITED 1996-12-17 → 1997-04-25

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £111,271,788£107,127,709
Operating profit £5,079,009£2,516,158
Profit before tax £5,284,223£2,934,507
Net profit £3,911,133£2,103,349
Cash £7,988,133£6,227,034
Total assets less current liabilities £44,711,753£41,982,069
Net assets £41,021,001£39,548,247
Equity £41,021,001£39,548,247
Average employees 237247
Wages £12,423,118£13,200,321

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 4.6%2.3%
Net margin 3.5%2.0%
Return on capital employed 11.4%6.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 42.6%39.8%
Current ratio 2.03x2.16x
Interest cover 31.90x4566.53x

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
KPMG
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial projections show that the group has adequate financial resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future, is financially sound and can support the funding requirements of the group as and when required. The Directors have performed a going concern assessment for a period up to 30 September 2026, which indicates that the Group will have sufficient funds to trade and settle its liabilities as they fall due.”

Group structure

  1. LIBERTY WINES LIMITED · parent
    1. Liberty Wines Ireland Limited 100% · Republic of Ireland · Wine distribution
    2. Tinpot Hut Wines Limited 50% · New Zealand · Wine production
    3. Alpha Zeta SRL 100% · Italy · Wine production

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

People

11 active · 21 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
GUTMAN, Nicola Secretary 2019-06-26
BECKERS, Nicolas Georges Guillaume Director 2026-03-09 Aug 1977 Belgian
FAIRBROTHER, Kelli Mckechnie Director 2024-10-01 Sep 1974 British,American
GLEAVE, David Charles Director 1996-12-17 Sep 1956 Irish
GOMES DA SILVA, Hélder Filipe Director 2025-10-24 Jan 1984 Portuguese
HILL SMITH, Michael Sidney Director 1998-05-05 Nov 1954 Australian
LAFAURIE, Damien Benoit Gilles Director 2026-04-01 Mar 1968 French
PLATT, Thomas Matthew Fairley Director 2018-04-01 Nov 1979 British
RAMOS LOPES GOMES DA SILVA, João Director 2022-01-27 Apr 1965 Portuguese
RATCLIFFE, Robert John Director 2003-01-02 Nov 1957 British
SCOTT, Iain Henry Director 2025-02-06 May 1972 British
Show 21 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BELLONI, Gillian Josephine Secretary 1997-01-17 1998-05-05
FLYNN, Luciann Secretary 2003-02-01 2019-06-26
NEWNHAM, John Roger Secretary 1998-05-05 2003-02-01
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1996-12-17 1997-01-17
ABRAHAM, Neville Victor Director 2003-04-01 2022-03-31
BEWES, Andrew Nicholas Director 2005-05-03 2009-01-22
DE AZEREDO E NORONHA DE BRITO E FARO, Bernardo Jose Director 2020-06-29 2025-10-24
FILIPE SEABRA DE SOUSA CASTELO BRANCO, Raquel Director 2019-09-06 2024-04-23
FLYNN, Luciann Siobhan Director 2011-02-16 2019-06-26
HESS, Henri Louis Director 1998-05-05 2019-06-26
KNOTT, Andrew James Director 2018-04-01 2025-02-06
LAFAURIE, Damien Benoit Gilles Director 2019-06-26 2025-12-15
MACHADO, Goncalo Sousa Director 2017-03-27 2019-12-31
NEWNHAM, John Roger Director 1998-05-05 2003-02-01
NOBLES, Victoria Jane Director 2015-01-01 2024-10-01
OURY, Brian Robert Director 1997-01-17 1998-04-16
SHAW, Martin Cameron Director 1998-05-05 2003-01-01
STEIP, Bertrand Francois-Joseph Nicolas Director 2025-12-15 2026-03-09
WORSLEY, Jonathan David Director 2014-07-10 2017-02-28
WYATT, Gary Paul Director 2005-01-10 2019-06-26
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1996-12-17 1997-01-17

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr David Charles Gleave Individual Significant influence 2016-04-07 Ceased 2019-06-26
Mr David Charles Gleave Individual Significant influence 2016-04-07 Ceased 2016-04-07

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 167 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-26 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-12-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-11-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-11-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-11-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-02-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-02-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-12-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-11-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-04-30 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-11-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-01-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-11-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
9

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
3

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

last 12 months

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

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

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