DISTELL INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-16 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£4M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,032,940 | £799,997 | |
| Operating profit | -£9,682,271 | -£4,803,454 | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,004,302 | -£4,281,704 | |
| Net profit | -£9,440,703 | -£4,676,744 | |
| Cash | £992,983 | £2,690,798 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £35,508,896 | £37,792,887 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | -476.3% | -600.4% | |
| Net margin | -464.4% | -584.6% | |
| Current ratio | 6.15x | 9.91x | |
| Interest cover | -2424.81x | -4803454.00x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director believes that the Company has adequate financial resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future and accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- DISTELL INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- KWA Holdings E.A. Limited 55.4%
- Angola Beverages Holding Company Limited 100%
- Heineken Beverages (UK) Limited 100%
- Distell Spirits and Wines Tanzania Ltd 100%
- Distell Wines & Spirits (Canada) Incorporated 100%
- Heineken Beverages (Europe) GmbH 100%
- Heineken Beverages South America Limitada 99.9%
- Distell Uganda Operations Limited 100%
- The Gaudium Drinks Company Ltd 100%
- Hurlingham International Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During March 2025, the Company acquired additional shares issued by Heineken Beverages (UK) Limited for a total of R38.9 million to further fund working capital and operational expenses.”
- “During May 2025, the Company acquired additional shares issued by Hurlingham International Limited (HIL) for a total of R41.3 million.”
- “During June 2024, the Company sold its remaining shares in Distell Wines and Spirits Nigeria Limited to Nigerian Breweries Plc.”
- “During April 2024, the Company acquired 100% of the shares in Heineken Beverages (UK) Limited for a total of R70.6 million.”
- “During April 2024 and October 2024, the Company provided additional funding to Angola Beverages Holdings Company Limited, to the amount of R37.4 million and R42.0 million respectively, as part of the share capitalisation of its 100% subsidiary, Angola Wines and Spirits Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLQUHOUN, Graeme Alexander | Director | 2023-04-26 | Jun 1972 | British |
| NIEMAN, Jan-Kees | Director | 2025-11-11 | Nov 1966 | Dutch |
| SANTRY, Kevin James Albert | Director | 2023-04-26 | Jan 1971 | British,Irish |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EKEBUISI, Nwavudu Constance | Secretary | 2018-10-10 | 2023-04-25 |
| BLANDFORD-NEWSON, Christopher John | Director | 2018-06-15 | 2021-02-28 |
| DE WET, Johannes Wessels | Director | 2023-04-26 | 2025-11-30 |
| NATHAN, Steven Jeffrey | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2019-08-31 |
| NOLTE, Werner | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2023-04-25 |
| PATTON, Julian Deering | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2023-04-25 |
| RYCROFT, Kate Sarah | Director | 2019-11-15 | 2023-04-25 |
| THORNTON, Fraser John | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2023-04-25 |
| VOLSCHENK, Leonard Jacobus | Director | 2018-06-25 | 2023-04-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distell Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-04-22 | Active |
| Distell Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-08 | Ceased 2023-04-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-03-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-20 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-04-15 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2025-03-04 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-14 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-03-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-07-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 4
- 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