ACADEMIE DU VIN LIBRARY LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11810696 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-06
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£165.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Book publishing
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -72% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £165,571
Net assets shrinking
Down £216,700 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 72% YoY
Cash YoY
-72%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£24k
↓ 72% YoY
Net Worth
£166k
↓ 57% YoY
Current Assets
£302k
↓ 2.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £180.1k | £399.8k |
| Current assets | £301.7k | £310.0k |
| Cash | £23.5k | £83.2k |
| Debtors | £139.6k | £98.3k |
| Net assets | £165.6k | £382.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-10-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-20➕LALOR, Patrick appointedsecretary
- 2024-09-20➖GILLETT, Julian resignedsecretary
- 2024-09-20📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2024-09-20📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-09-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-11-29📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-11-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-05-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-05-31📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-03-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-03-03📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-02-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-02➖MCMURTRIE, Simon Nicholas resigneddirector
- 2022-11-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-31➖COOMBS, Edmund Joseph resigneddirector
- 2022-03-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-03-29➕GILLETT, Julian appointedsecretary
- 2022-03-25➖PARKINSON, Terence Frederick David resigneddirector
- 2021-05-10➕PURI, Ajit Singh appointeddirector
- 2021-04-20➕IRELAND, Hermione Lucy appointeddirector
- 2021-04-20➕PARKINSON, Terence Frederick David appointeddirector
- 2019-11-07➖GIBBONS, Allen resigneddirector
- 2019-07-08➕GIBBONS, Allen appointeddirector
- 2019-05-23➕MCMURTRIE, Simon Nicholas appointeddirector
- 2019-02-06🏢Company incorporatedAs ACADEMIE DU VIN LIBRARY LIMITED
- 2019-02-06➕COOMBS, Edmund Joseph appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Group structure
Academie Du Vin Foundation holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.
🏛️majority
Academie Du Vin Foundation
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
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ACADEMIE DU VIN LIBRARY LIMITED
This company · 11810696
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Academie Du Vin Foundation Corporate entity | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 14/01/2022 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- The Conversion Group Limitedceased 14/01/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Simon Nicholas Mcmurtrieceased 20/04/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Edmund Joseph Coombsceased 23/05/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing
Registered office
4th Floor 4 St. James's Place
London
SW1A 1NP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
Active
IRELAND, Hermione Lucy→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2021-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PURI, Ajit Singh→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2021-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GILLETT, Julian→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2022-03-29 · resigned 2024-09-20
COOMBS, Edmund Joseph→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2019-02-06 · resigned 2022-03-31
GIBBONS, Allen→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2019-07-08 · resigned 2019-11-07
MCMURTRIE, Simon Nicholas→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2019-05-23 · resigned 2023-02-02
PARKINSON, Terence Frederick David→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2021-04-20 · resigned 2022-03-25
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Recent filings (75 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-09-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-09-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-11-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-06-10