ANDREAS WINE TRADING LTD

🌳Matureactive
09482843 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-11
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
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11020
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
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£0Jun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Average employees700700

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-08-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-08
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2019-03-08
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2019-03-08
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    capital · SH01
  13. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-10-19
    ➕
    BARTHOLOMEW, Andrew John appointed
    director
  17. 2015-10-19
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    BARTHOLOMEW, Andrew John resigned
    director
  18. 2015-09-28
    ➕
    BARTHOLOMEW, Andrew John appointed
    director
  19. 2015-09-28
    ➕
    BROOKSBANK, Giles Patrick appointed
    director
  20. 2015-09-28
    ➕
    LEBOND, David Christopher appointed
    director
  21. 2015-03-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDREAS WINE TRADING LTD
  22. 2015-03-11
    ➕
    CROFT, David Michael Bruce appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 David Michael Bruce Croft
Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11020 — SIC 11020

Registered office

17 Lyons Fold
Sale
Cheshire
M33 6JF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

BARTHOLOMEW, Andrew John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKSBANK, Giles Patrick→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROFT, David Michael Bruce→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEBOND, David Christopher→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARTHOLOMEW, Andrew John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-10-19 · resigned 2015-10-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-07