SANTALBERTO VINTNERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04986668 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01210
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
    ➖
    BRIERLEY, Christopher James resigned
    director
  2. 2026-03-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-20
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  12. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-09-30
    ➕
    BRIERLEY, Christopher James appointed
    director
  18. 2009-08-13
    ➕
    BRIERLEY, Anthony William appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-08-13
    ➖
    THOMPSON, Paul resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-12-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SANTALBERTO VINTNERS LIMITED
  21. 2003-12-05
    ➕
    BRIERLEY, Anthony William appointed
    director
  22. 2003-12-05
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Paul appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-12-05
    ➕
    H W SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2003-12-05
    ➖
    H W SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Anthony William Brierley
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/04/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Marilyn Ellison Brierleyceased 20/09/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01210 — SIC 01210

Registered office

Buchanan's Barn
Broad Campden
Chipping Campden
Gloucestershire
GL55 6XB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BRIERLEY, Anthony William→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIERLEY, Anthony William→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-12-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-05 · resigned 2009-08-13
Resigned
H W SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-12-05 · resigned 2003-12-05
Resigned
BRIERLEY, Christopher James→
director · ~45y · appointed 2011-09-30 · resigned 2026-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2021-04-20