BERKMANN WINE CELLARS LIMITED
Company number 02190816 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Berkmann Wine Cellars Limited is a well-established leader in the UK's premium wine and spirits wholesale niche, demonstrating impressive top-line growth from £95.5m to £110.9m between 2022 and 2025 despite challenging inflationary and regulatory headwinds. However, the company's financial profile reveals a severe cash conversion disconnect, with liquidity dropping to just £256k against £110.9m revenue, suggesting working capital is heavily trapped in inventory and debtors. While robust family backing and strong asset growth underscore their market positioning, navigating future sector volatility will heavily depend on improving cash generation and managing their leveraged balance sheet.
Shareholders' funds
£27,021,318
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the wholesale and distribution of wine and spirits.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-11-10
- Employees
- 211 (2025 accounts · was 205 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 70 Rosebery Avenue, London, England, EC1R 4RR
- Postcode
- EC1R 4RR
- Capital
- 2,160,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-02
- Next due by
- 2027-07-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46342 Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages
Officers 7 current · 28 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
Controlled by BERKMANN FAMILY HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-07-26
-
T.M. ROBERTSON & SON LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB142422 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- berkmann.uk
- Phone
- 02076094711, 00000101932
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BERKMANN HOLDINGS LIMITED | 1988-02-01 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 12 BREWERY ROAD, LONDON, N7 9NH | 2005-08-05 |
| 5 GREEK STREET, LONDON, W1V 6NA | 1993-11-24 |
| 84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y 0HP | 1987-11-20 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 123 similar companies in EC
2nd largest employer among its local peers (211 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1987.
Competitors London
This company ranks 1 among wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages in London.
The class of 1987
51%
of the 20,107 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2022-11-01
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGL579627 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2022-11-01 | — |
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