DOERR WINES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
12083622 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-03
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
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11020
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-09-16
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-16
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2025-03-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DOERR WINES LIMITED
  10. 2019-07-03
    DOERR, Michael Peter appointed
    director
  11. 2019-07-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DOERR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-30

Group structure

Doerr Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Doerr Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
DOERR WINES LIMITED
This company · 12083622

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Doerr Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/07/2019

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
Incorporated2019-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11020 — SIC 11020

Registered office

Studio I1c Witan Studios
Witan Gate
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK9 1EF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DOERR, Michael Peter
director · ~36y · appointed 2019-07-03
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Recent filings (15 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-07-03