VSF (UK) LIMITED
Company number 06135395 · Monitor this company
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.
Shareholders' funds
£800,100
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
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
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
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O PJE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, 4 CLIFTON ROAD, BRISTOL, BS8 1AG | 2020-01-16 |
| 3 OAKFIELD COURT, OAKFIELD ROAD, CLIFTON, BRISTOL, BS8 2BD | 2015-01-07 |
| 8 KINGS ROAD, CLIFTON, BRISTOL, BS8 4AB | 2007-03-15 |
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 →
Competitors Chelmsford
This company ranks 1 among retail sale of beverages in specialised stores in Chelmsford.
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.