{"name":"VSF (UK) LIMITED","company_number":"06135395","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2007-03-02","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Swift House Ground Floor, 18 Hoffmanns Way, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom, CM1 1GU","postcode":"CM1 1GU","sic_codes":[{"code":47250,"description":"Retail sale of beverages in specialised stores"},{"code":47290,"description":"Other retail sale of food in specialised stores"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":3,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","net_assets":670207,"cash":78009,"average_employees":3},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","net_assets":719416,"cash":115616,"average_employees":2},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","net_assets":782869,"cash":517855,"average_employees":2},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","net_assets":723787,"cash":779408},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","net_assets":733911,"cash":758927}],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":6,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":1,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"VSF (UK) Limited operates as the UK holding and distribution arm of a French-connected wine and beverage group, but its financial trajectory raises material concerns. Total assets have contracted by 52% over the past decade, the accumulated P&L reserve has moved into deficit at (£80,684), and the balance sheet is dominated by intercompany positions rather than independent trading assets. While the company benefits from group sourcing relationships and maintains adequate short-term liquidity, its financial performance significantly underperforms typical UK specialist wine merchants, which generally maintain positive retained earnings and stable asset bases. The entity appears to be undergoing a gradual wind-down or restructuring of its UK operations, with the declining group intercompany payables suggesting reduced trading flow through the UK entity — likely a consequence of Brexit-related import friction and the strategic reassessment that has affected many EU-UK distribution structures.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/vsf-(uk)","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/vsf-(uk)/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/vsf-(uk)/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06135395","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/vsf-(uk)/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/vsf-(uk)/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/vsf-(uk)/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/vsf-(uk)/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/vsf-(uk)"}