VSF (UK) LIMITED

Company number 06135395 ·

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Executive 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.

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Shareholders' funds

£800,100

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2007-03-02
Employees
3 (2025 accounts · was 2 in 2024)
Registered office
Swift House Ground Floor, 18 Hoffmanns Way, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom, CM1 1GU
Postcode
CM1 1GU
Capital
800,100 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-10-31
Next due by
2026-11-14
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 47250 Retail sale of beverages in specialised stores
  • 47290 Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Officers 3 current · 6 resigned

PJE COMPANY SECRETARIAL LIMITED Secretary · corporate
Appointed 2007-03-15
Appointed 2007-03-15
Appointed 2007-03-15

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Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
C/O PJE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, 4 CLIFTON ROAD, BRISTOL, BS8 1AG2020-01-16
3 OAKFIELD COURT, OAKFIELD ROAD, CLIFTON, BRISTOL, BS8 2BD2015-01-07
8 KINGS ROAD, CLIFTON, BRISTOL, BS8 4AB2007-03-15

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 27 similar companies in CM

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2007.

No.1 of the largest retail sale of beverages in specialised stores companies in Chelmsford →

617 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Chelmsford

This company ranks 1 among retail sale of beverages in specialised stores in Chelmsford.

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The class of 2007

28%

of the 228,173 companies incorporated in 2007 are still active today; 69% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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