OFF-PISTE WINES LIMITED
Company number 05885139 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Off-Piste Wines Limited is a profitable but financially stretched business. While it generates healthy margins (£4.81m PBT on £64.5m revenue) and carries manageable debt, it has drained its cash reserves to critically low levels through aggressive dividend payments, leaving it dangerously exposed to incoming regulatory costs from Extended Producer Responsibility. The company must urgently rebuild its cash buffer and moderate its distribution policy to restore financial resilience. The recent mass resignation of seven directors also introduces governance uncertainty that requires careful management.
Shareholders' funds
£15,460
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the import and distribution of wine to the UK multiple retail, wholesale, cash & carry and on trade.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2006-07-24
- Employees
- 48 (2025 accounts · was 41 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 106-109 Saffron Hill, London, England, EC1N 8QS
- Postcode
- EC1N 8QS
- Capital
- 1,331 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-24
- Next due by
- 2027-08-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46170 Agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco
Officers 2 current · 13 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by OFF-PISTE BRANDS LTD — since 2019-12-19
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Contact details
- Website
- off-pistewines.com
- Phone
- 01242 229 630
Going Off-Piste since 2007, we work closely with some of the worlds’ best producers.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BLAKEDEW 624 LIMITED | 2006-10-25 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 2ND FLOOR OFFICES, 123 THE, PROMENADE, CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GL50 1NW | 2012-01-27 |
| SEACOURT TOWER, WEST WAY, OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE, OX2 OFB | 2007-03-22 |
| HARBOUR COURT, COMPASS ROAD, NORTH HARBOUR, PORTSMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE PO6 4ST | 2006-10-30 |
Among its peers
3rd largest employer
of 50 similar companies in EC, with 48 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors London
This company ranks 23 among agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco in London.
The class of 2006
33%
of the 182,202 companies incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 65% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.