AKER WINES AND SPIRITS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
13576296 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-20
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth 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
55
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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.

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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 (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-01-31
    CARTER, Andrew James resigned
    director
  4. 2025-01-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-12-02
    BOOM, Oliver James Murray resigned
    director
  6. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-03-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-03-21
    BOOM, Oliver James Murray appointed
    director
  11. 2023-03-21
    WREN, Samantha Anne resigned
    director
  12. 2022-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-09-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2022-09-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2022-08-19
    CARTER, Andrew James appointed
    director
  16. 2022-08-19
    HARVEY, Mark resigned
    director
  17. 2022-03-04
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2022-02-28
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  19. 2022-02-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  20. 2022-02-25
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  21. 2022-02-25
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  22. 2022-02-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  23. 2022-02-22
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  24. 2022-02-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  25. 2022-01-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  26. 2022-01-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  27. 2022-01-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  28. 2021-12-03
    BAYLISS, Ian Mark appointed
    director
  29. 2021-12-03
    HARVEY, Mark appointed
    director
  30. 2021-08-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AKER WINES AND SPIRITS LIMITED
  31. 2021-08-20
    WREN, Samantha Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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 ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-09

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Chapel Down Group Plc
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Ipgl Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
AKER WINES AND SPIRITS LIMITED
This company · 13576296

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Chapel Down Group Plc
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/12/2021
Mr Ian Mark Bayliss
Individual · British · DOB 05/1985 · age 41
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/12/2021
Ipgl Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/08/2021

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-08-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

Ipgl Limited 3rd Floor, 39 Sloane Street
Knightsbridge
London
SW1X 9LP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-09OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-25

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

BAYLISS, Ian Mark
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-12-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOOM, Oliver James Murray
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-03-21 · resigned 2024-12-02
Resigned
CARTER, Andrew James
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-08-19 · resigned 2025-01-31
Resigned
HARVEY, Mark
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-12-03 · resigned 2022-08-19
Resigned
WREN, Samantha Anne
director · ~60y · appointed 2021-08-20 · resigned 2023-03-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-04