GIUSEPPE'S WINES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC522547 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-15
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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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
26 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-31
Average employees100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-04-08
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  3. 2024-07-19
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  4. 2023-05-19
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  5. 2022-05-18
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  6. 2022-04-11
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-08-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-08-20
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    address · AD01
  9. 2021-06-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-04-20
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  11. 2020-05-12
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  12. 2019-10-02
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  13. 2018-09-17
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  14. 2017-09-15
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-17
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    CHIERCHIA, Maria Anne appointed
    director
  16. 2016-10-17
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2015-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As GIUSEPPE'S WINES LIMITED
  18. 2015-12-15
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    CHIERCHIA, Giuseppe appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

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.
  • 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 Giuseppe Chierchia
Individual · Italian · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-12-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

29 Berryhill Crescent
Wishaw
ML2 0NE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHIERCHIA, Giuseppe→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-12-15
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Active
CHIERCHIA, Maria Anne→
director · ~35y · appointed 2016-10-17
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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-20