THE WINE SCHOOL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC203998 · ltd · incorporated 2000-02-16

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£752

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47250

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £752

Net assets shrinking

Down £300 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£752

↓ 29% YoY

Current Assets

£750

↓ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£752	£1.1k
Current assets	£750	£1.1k
Net assets	£752	£1.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-02-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-23
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accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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accounts · AA
2023-11-27
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accounts · AA
2022-11-28
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accounts · AA
2021-11-27
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accounts · AA
2020-11-26
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accounts · AA
2019-11-28
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accounts · AA
2018-11-28
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accounts · AA
2017-11-24
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accounts · AA
2016-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-03-13
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-15
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-11-25
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accounts · AA
2000-02-16
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Company incorporated
As THE WINE SCHOOL LIMITED
2000-02-16
➕
RUNNING, Stephen John Michael appointed
secretary
2000-02-16
➕
RUNNING, Stephen John Michael appointed
director
2000-02-16
➕
ZIERVOGEL, Janet Anne appointed
director
2000-02-16
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ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-02-16
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ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-02-16
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ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-02-16
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ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen John Michael Running Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67	75–100%	—	board control75-100% shares · board control	16/02/2017

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

Incorporated2000-02-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47250 — SIC 47250

Registered office

29a Aytoun Road

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

G41 5HW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-02

Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

RUNNING, Stephen John Michael→

secretary · appointed 2000-02-16

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Active

RUNNING, Stephen John Michael→

director · ~67y · appointed 2000-02-16

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Active

ZIERVOGEL, Janet Anne→

director · ~65y · appointed 2000-02-16

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Active

ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-02-16 · resigned 2000-02-16

Resigned

ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-02-16 · resigned 2000-02-16

Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-27

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-26