CONTINENTAL WINE & FOOD LIMITED
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Cash
£14M
-27.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£24M
-32.9% vs 2024
Employees
216
-2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7.7M
+8.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £96,716,886 | £92,933,644 | -3.9% | |
| Operating profit | £6,298,235 | £6,945,628 | +10.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,025,894 | £7,653,661 | +8.9% | |
| Net profit | £5,265,332 | £5,711,215 | +8.5% | |
| Cash | £19,938,964 | £14,408,623 | -27.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,598,903 | £24,604,404 | -32.8% | |
| Net assets | £36,417,768 | £24,428,611 | -32.9% | |
| Equity | £36,417,768 | £24,428,611 | -32.9% | |
| Average employees | 222 | 216 | -2.7% | |
| Wages | £8,111,174 | £8,463,539 | +4.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £404,388 | £417,894 | +3.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.2% | 28.2% | |
| Current ratio | 4.48x | 3.47x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CONTINENTAL WINE & FOOD LIMITED 1989-04-12 → present
- CONTINENTAL WINE & FOOD (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1982-11-30 → 1989-04-12
- CONTINENTAL WINE AND FOOD LIMITED 1960-12-28 → 1982-11-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Royce Peeling Green Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In forming their assessment of going concern, the directors have prepared forecasts to 31 December 2026 and have assessed the ability of the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due in the 12-month period from the date of the approval of these financial statements. Following the review of these forecasts together with the review of a suite of appropriate downside sensitivities the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due for the 12-month period from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CONTINENTAL WINE & FOOD LIMITED · parent
- Eurofast Vintners Limited 100%
- Pizza and Pasta Trading Limited 100%
- Quattro Stagioni Limited 100%
- Hanwood Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 24 September 2024 the Company purchased 30,000 ordinary shares of 20p each for a cash consideration of £21,00. These shares have subsequently been held as Treasury Shares by the Company.”
- “On 23 December 2024 the Company purchased 2,572,010 ordinary shares of 20p each for a cash consideration of £15,900,000. These shares have subsequently been cancelled.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEVILACQUA, Alessandro | Director | — | Mar 1955 | Italian |
| SHINWELL, John David | Director | 2000-05-02 | Dec 1964 | English |
| WHARTON, Nicholas Giles | Director | 2019-09-15 | Dec 1966 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMBERT, Stephen Ronald | Secretary | — | 1995-11-07 |
| MOORHOUSE, John Earnshaw | Secretary | 1995-11-08 | 2002-11-29 |
| TAYLOR, Peter John | Secretary | 2002-11-30 | 2020-09-30 |
| BETTY, Charles John Stewart | Director | 1995-05-25 | 1996-03-01 |
| BEVILACQUA, Marino | Director | — | 2016-12-31 |
| CARTHY, Michael John | Director | 1996-12-20 | 2004-12-03 |
| GRAYSON, Anthony Brian | Director | 1998-09-18 | 2005-08-31 |
| GRECH-CINI, Wilfred Joseph | Director | — | 2005-01-28 |
| HOOTON, John Michael | Director | — | 1992-06-01 |
| JONES, Linda | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2000-04-18 |
| TAYLOR, Peter John | Director | 1998-09-18 | 2020-09-30 |
| TURNER, Anthony Robert | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2002-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alessandro Bevilacqua | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-12-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-04 | SH05 | capital | Capital cancellation treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-01-30 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-13 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2023-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2020-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.