DECANTER WINES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04654479 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-03
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-48.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -52% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 23.0y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
57 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 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £48,514
Cash draining
Cash down 52% YoY
Cash YoY
-52%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£685
↓ 52% YoY
Net Worth
-£49k
↓ 4.1% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.5k | £3.4k |
| Current assets | £8.8k | £11.6k |
| Cash | £685 | £1.4k |
| Net assets | £-48.5k | £-46.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-12-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-10-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-22📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2003-07-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2003-02-03🏢Company incorporatedAs DECANTER WINES LIMITED
- 2003-02-03➕MONKS, Krystyna Bernadette appointedsecretary
- 2003-02-03➕MONKS, James Peter appointeddirector
- 2003-02-03➕MONKS, Krystyna Bernadette appointeddirector
- 2003-02-03➕INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-02-03➖INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James Peter Monks Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/07/2016 |
Mrs Krystyna Bernadette Monks Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342
Registered office
Little Porch
Yarm Way
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT22 8RQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
MONKS, Krystyna Bernadette→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MONKS, James Peter→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2003-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MONKS, Krystyna Bernadette→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2003-02-03
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INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-03 · resigned 2003-02-03
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Charge of deposit | 1 property | 03/07/2003 | 27/12/2019 |
Recent filings (57 total)
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accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2019-12-27