22 YARDS WINE MERCHANTS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
13663324 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-05
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£5.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47250
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -99% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,568
Very low cash
Cash position: £64
Cash draining
Cash down 99% YoY
Cash YoY
-99%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£64
↓ 99% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 130% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↓ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£19k-£11k-£2k£6k£14k£22kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.6k£-18.5k
Current assets£10.6k£21.6k
Cash£64£8.4k
Debtors£3.0k£5.6k
Net assets£5.6k£-18.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2021-12-14
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2021-10-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 22 YARDS WINE MERCHANTS LIMITED
  7. 2021-10-05
    LEWIS-OGDEN, James Philip appointed
    secretary
  8. 2021-10-05
    BOOTH, Karl Michael appointed
    director
  9. 2021-10-05
    STANCER, Adrian Michael appointed
    director
  10. 2021-10-05
    TOWNSLEY, Richard James appointed
    director
  11. 2021-10-05
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

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

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Dextra Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
22 YARDS WINE MERCHANTS LIMITED
This company · 13663324

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
Dextra Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/10/2021

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
Incorporated2021-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47250 — SIC 47250

Registered office

21 High Petergate
York
YO1 7EN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

LEWIS-OGDEN, James Philip
secretary · appointed 2021-10-05
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Active
BOOTH, Karl Michael
director · ~59y · appointed 2021-10-05
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Active
STANCER, Adrian Michael
director · ~51y · appointed 2021-10-05
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Active
TOWNSLEY, Richard James
director · ~60y · appointed 2021-10-05
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-04
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-12-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-10-05