ASTRUM WINE CELLARS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03321771 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£113.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.6y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £113,438
Net assets shrinking
Down £22,013 YoY
Cash YoY
+128%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£72k
↑ 128% YoY
Net Worth
£113k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£1.8m
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£411k£821k£1.2m£1.6m£2.1mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£171.5k£274.8k
Current assets£1.84M£2.05M
Cash£71.6k£31.4k
Debtors£967.1k£998.2k
Net assets£113.4k£135.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
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  4. 2023-03-29
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  5. 2022-02-15
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  6. 2021-02-22
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  7. 2020-01-22
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  8. 2018-10-31
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  15. 2017-12-29
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  16. 2014-07-01
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    PERNA, Mark appointed
    director
  17. 2006-09-27
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2006-03-21
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    BENATO, Stefano appointed
    director
  19. 2006-03-21
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    FOLLI, Massimiliano appointed
    director
  20. 2004-07-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited
  21. 2002-03-31
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    CERILLI, Antonio resigned
    director
  22. 2002-03-30
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    BENATO, Stefano appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-03-30
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    BESA, Bruno resigned
    secretary
  24. 2001-10-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  25. 2001-08-23
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    BESA, Bruno appointed
    secretary
  26. 2001-08-23
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    TONDO, Roberto resigned
    secretary
  27. 2001-08-23
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    TONDO, Roberto resigned
    director
  28. 1998-09-25
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    NUNES-CARVALHO, Lorraine resigned
    secretary
  29. 1998-09-25
    ➕
    TONDO, Roberto appointed
    secretary
  30. 1998-09-25
    ➖
    NUNES-CARVALHO, Lorraine resigned
    director
  31. 1998-02-01
    ➕
    BESA, Bruno appointed
    director
  32. 1997-03-09
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    BUCKLITSCH, Peter James resigned
    secretary
  33. 1997-03-09
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    NUNES-CARVALHO, Lorraine appointed
    secretary
  34. 1997-03-09
    ➕
    CERILLI, Antonio appointed
    director
  35. 1997-03-09
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    TONDO, Roberto appointed
    director
  36. 1997-02-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ASTRUM WINE CELLARS LIMITED
  37. 1997-02-20
    ➕
    BUCKLITSCH, Peter James appointed
    secretary
  38. 1997-02-20
    ➕
    NUNES-CARVALHO, Lorraine appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bruno Besa
Individual · Italian · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

Unit 7 Falcon Business Centre
14 Wandle Way
Mitcham
Surrey
CR4 4FG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)

BENATO, Stefano→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-30
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Active
BENATO, Stefano→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-03-21
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Active
BESA, Bruno→
director · ~60y · appointed 1998-02-01
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Active
FOLLI, Massimiliano→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-03-21
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Active
PERNA, Mark→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-07-01
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Active
BESA, Bruno→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-23 · resigned 2002-03-30
Resigned
BUCKLITSCH, Peter James→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-20 · resigned 1997-03-09
Resigned
NUNES-CARVALHO, Lorraine→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-09 · resigned 1998-09-25
Resigned
TONDO, Roberto→
secretary · appointed 1998-09-25 · resigned 2001-08-23
Resigned
CERILLI, Antonio→
director · ~64y · appointed 1997-03-09 · resigned 2002-03-31
Resigned
NUNES-CARVALHO, Lorraine→
director · ~61y · appointed 1997-02-20 · resigned 1998-09-25
Resigned
TONDO, Roberto→
director · ~54y · appointed 1997-03-09 · resigned 2001-08-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge of deposit1 property27/09/2006—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited
Fixed and floating charge1 property21/07/2004—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property30/10/2001—
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Recent filings (110 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-20