BM WINES LIMITED
Company number 03145730 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
BM Wines Limited is a well-established, financially robust niche wine importer operating from an exceptionally strong balance sheet position that is highly atypical for the wholesale alcohol sector. With net assets of nearly £1.5m, virtually no debt, and cash comprising 89% of total assets, the business has clearly prioritised financial resilience over leverage-driven growth – a strategy that has served it well through Brexit disruption, duty reform, and pandemic-era volatility. Its competitive position rests on specialist French wine sourcing expertise and long-standing supplier relationships rather than scale or infrastructure, which limits its addressable market but delivers superior capital efficiency. The key strategic question is whether this cash-rich position represents disciplined conservatism or an underdeployment of capital that could support measured expansion.
Shareholders' funds
£485,650
Balance sheet as at 2026-01-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1996-01-12
- Employees
- 3 (2026 accounts)
- Registered office
- Henwood Pavilion Suite1, 2nd Floor, Henwood Ind. Estate, Ashford, Kent, England, TN24 8DH
- Postcode
- TN24 8DH
- Capital
- 104 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-01-31
- Next due by
- 2027-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-09
- Next due by
- 2027-01-23
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46342 Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages
Officers 2 current · 6 resigned
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SUITE 101A KENT HOUSE, 81 STATION ROAD ASHFORD, KENT, TN23 1PP | 2017-06-02 |
| KENT HOUSE SUITE 101A, 81 STATION ROAD, ASHFORD, KENT TN23 1PP | 2000-01-25 |
| GAMMON HOLDINGS, 14 COPTHALL AVENUE, LONDON, EC2R 7DJ | 1999-03-25 |
| GAMMON HOLDINGS, 26 BARTHOLOMEW SQUARE, LONDON, EC1V 3QH | 1998-03-11 |
| GAMMON HOLDINGS, 26 BARTHOLOMEW SQUARE, LONDON, EC1V 3QH | 1998-01-20 |
| 84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y 0HP | 1996-01-25 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 47 similar companies in TN
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1996.
Competitors Ashford
This company ranks 10 among wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages in Ashford.
The class of 1996
45%
of the 41,233 companies incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.