49 WINES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09427733 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-09
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1
Very low cash
Cash position: £1
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1 | £1 |
| Cash | £1 | £1 |
| Net assets | £1 | £1 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-02-01📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2015-04-24➕REDFERN, Paul William Lawrence appointeddirector
- 2015-04-24➕SONI, Rajan appointeddirector
- 2015-04-24➕JASRAJ, Rajesh Hargovind appointeddirector
- 2015-04-24➖JASRAJ, Rajesh Hargovind resigneddirector
- 2015-04-24➖PROBERT, Edmund Arthur Whitmore resigneddirector
- 2015-02-09🏢Company incorporatedAs 49 WINES LIMITED
- 2015-02-09➕PROBERT, Edmund Arthur Whitmore appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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 Rajan Soni Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Susan Carol Soni Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-02-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342
Registered office
Avonleigh Parklands Road
Bower Ashton
Bristol
BS3 2JW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
REDFERN, Paul William Lawrence→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2015-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JASRAJ, Rajesh Hargovind→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-04-24 · resigned 2015-04-24
PROBERT, Edmund Arthur Whitmore→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2015-02-09 · resigned 2015-04-24
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Recent filings (35 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-19