DISTIL COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-27 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£338K
-35.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£355K
-145% vs 2024
Employees
9
+28.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£981K
-37.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- DISTIL COMPANY LIMITED 2014-04-28 → present
- BLAVOD DRINKS LIMITED 2001-10-23 → 2014-04-28
- BLACK VODKA LIMITED 2001-02-09 → 2001-10-23
- BLAVOD BLACK VODKA LIMITED 1999-06-10 → 2001-02-09
- CROSSBOST LIMITED 1999-04-12 → 1999-06-10
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 | £1,523,000 | £1,042,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£714,000 | -£981,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£714,000 | -£981,000 | |
| Net profit | -£939,000 | -£1,144,000 | |
| Cash | £526,000 | £338,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £789,000 | -£355,000 | |
| Net assets | £789,000 | -£355,000 | |
| Equity | £789,000 | -£355,000 | |
| Average employees | 7 | 9 | |
| Wages | £508,000 | £529,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -46.9% | -94.1% | |
| Net margin | -61.7% | -109.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -90.5% | 276.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 0.76x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having made relevant and appropriate enquiries, including consideration of the Company's current cash resources and financial forecasts, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate cash reserves to meet the requirements of the business for a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements. For these reasons, the Board continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYDON, Shaun | Secretary | 2024-04-19 | — | — |
| ADEBO, Adebola Tolulope | Director | 2022-12-01 | May 1983 | British |
| GOULDING, Donald Colin | Director | 2011-10-28 | Apr 1954 | British |
| KINGSBURY, Sarah Claire | Director | 2022-10-03 | Jan 1991 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERTOLOTTI, Sarah Elizabeth | Secretary | 2010-07-06 | 2015-01-29 |
| NAPIER, Andrew | Secretary | 1999-05-21 | 2001-11-21 |
| PHILLIPS, William Charles Henry | Secretary | 2003-08-28 | 2010-07-05 |
| STEPHEN, Dennis John | Secretary | 1999-04-12 | 1999-05-21 |
| WHEATLEY, David John | Secretary | 2001-11-21 | 2003-08-28 |
| ONE ADVISORY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-02-19 | 2024-04-19 |
| ALVES, Suzanne Louise | Director | 1999-04-12 | 1999-05-21 |
| AMBLER, Richard Charles Quintin | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2011-10-28 |
| BAKER, Alexander Charles | Director | 2022-10-03 | 2024-03-25 |
| BERTOLOTTI, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2010-04-28 | 2015-01-29 |
| DORMAN, Mark Jocelyn | Director | 1999-05-21 | 2001-11-21 |
| NAPIER, Andrew | Director | 1999-05-21 | 2011-03-31 |
| O'CONNELL, Kate | Director | 2017-10-30 | 2022-10-03 |
| PHILLIPS, William Charles Henry | Director | 2003-08-28 | 2006-09-09 |
| ROBINS, David James | Director | 1999-11-19 | 2004-11-01 |
| WHEATLEY, David John | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2003-08-28 |
| WILSON, Mark Anthony | Director | 2002-01-18 | 2008-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distil Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-
Turnover
-31.6%
£1,523,000 £1,042,000
-
Cash
-35.7%
£526,000 £338,000
-
Net assets
-145%
£789,000 -£355,000
-
Employees
+28.6%
7 9
-
Operating profit
-37.4%
-£714,000 -£981,000
-
Profit before tax
-37.4%
-£714,000 -£981,000
-
Wages
+4.1%
£508,000 £529,000
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