A & B VINTNERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03570581 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-27
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 15.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£13.44M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.3y

95/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Profitable
Profit before tax £2,171,568

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Turnover£13.44M—
Gross profit£3.72M—
Profit before tax£2.17M—
Average employees10001000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2024-01-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-05-31
    ➖
    KIDNEY, Alexander Nicholas resigned
    director
  10. 2022-05-03
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-05-03
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-04-26
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2022-03-08
    ➕
    KIDNEY, Alexander Nicholas appointed
    director
  14. 2022-03-08
    ➖
    KIDNEY, Alexander Nicholas resigned
    director
  15. 2021-07-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-04-15
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2021-04-15
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-04-15
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  19. 2021-04-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2020-12-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-08-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-09-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2018-01-01
    ➕
    KIDNEY, Alexander Nicholas appointed
    director
  24. 2014-01-01
    ➕
    DAVIES, Simon Christopher appointed
    director
  25. 2011-02-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  26. 2007-09-17
    ➕
    ARNOLD, Sally Ann appointed
    secretary
  27. 2007-09-17
    ➖
    ARNOLD, John Charles resigned
    secretary
  28. 2007-09-17
    ➖
    BROOK, Kenneth Michael resigned
    director
  29. 1998-05-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A & B VINTNERS LIMITED
  30. 1998-05-27
    ➕
    ARNOLD, John Charles appointed
    director
  31. 1998-05-27
    ➕
    ARNOLD, John Charles appointed
    secretary
  32. 1998-05-27
    ➕
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1998-05-27
    ➖
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1998-05-27
    ➕
    BROOK, Kenneth Michael appointed
    director
  35. 1998-05-27
    ➕
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 1998-05-27
    ➖
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Charles Arnold
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/05/2017

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-05-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

8th Floor 1 Southampton Street
London
WC2R 0LR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-10
Last: 2025-05-27

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

ARNOLD, Sally Ann→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARNOLD, John Charles→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-05-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Simon Christopher→
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARNOLD, John Charles→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-27 · resigned 2007-09-17
Resigned
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-05-27 · resigned 1998-05-27
Resigned
BROOK, Kenneth Michael→
director · ~65y · appointed 1998-05-27 · resigned 2007-09-17
Resigned
KIDNEY, Alexander Nicholas→
director · ~61y · appointed 2022-03-08 · resigned 2022-05-31
Resigned
KIDNEY, Alexander Nicholas→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-01-01 · resigned 2022-03-08
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-05-27 · resigned 1998-05-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property08/02/201111/01/2024

Recent filings (83 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-26