LIBERTY WINES LIMITED
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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
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
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LIBERTY WINES LIMITED 1998-02-09 → present
- LIBERTY WINES (UK) LIMITED 1997-04-25 → 1998-02-09
- DOCKMANOR LIMITED 1996-12-17 → 1997-04-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 237 | 247 | |
| 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2.03x | 2.16x | |
| Interest cover | 31.90x | 4566.53x |
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
- LIBERTY WINES LIMITED · parent
- Liberty Wines Ireland Limited 100%
- Tinpot Hut Wines Limited 50%
- Alpha Zeta SRL 100%
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 | |
| 2026-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-3.7%
£111,271,788 £107,127,709
-
Cash
-22%
£7,988,133 £6,227,034
-
Net assets
-3.6%
£41,021,001 £39,548,247
-
Employees
+4.2%
237 247
-
Operating profit
-50.5%
£5,079,009 £2,516,158
-
Profit before tax
-44.5%
£5,284,223 £2,934,507
-
Wages
+6.3%
£12,423,118 £13,200,321
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