Bancroft Wines Limited
Registered name: BANCROFT WINES LIMITED
Part of F & B Holdings Limited groupBancroft Wines Limited made £14m revenue and a £97.1k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Bancroft Wines Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £14m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £97.1k and 34 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.6m | £15.6m | £14.2m | £14m |
| Cost of sales | £13.6m | £12.6m | £11.5m | £11.5m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.1m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £404k | £240k | £190k | £67.6k |
| Profit before tax | £389k | £97.5k | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £389k | £97.5k | −£20.5k | −£97.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £389k | £97.5k | −£20.5k | −£97.1k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.3m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 36 | 34 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 0.6% | −0.1% | −0.7% |
| Gross margin | 18.2% | 19.6% | 19% | 17.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £462k | £434k | £419k | £412k |
| Profit per employee | £10.8k | £2.7k | −£604 | −£2.9k |
| Cash conversion | −46% | 39.2% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.1% | ▼8.9% | ▼1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼75% | ▼121.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼5.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £295k | £153k | £531k | £191k |
| Net assets | £686k | £784k | £763k | £666k |
| Fixed assets | £17.1k | £16.6k | £13.4k | £19.2k |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £4.4m | £4.7m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £763k | £661k | £752k |
| Cash from operations | −£186k | £94k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £412k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼13%
- Now £666k
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £191k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £752k
- Fixed assets
- ▲44%
- Now £19.2k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- F & B Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- New Generation Wines Limited75–100%
- Bancroft Wines Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Boxford Wine Company Limited(The)Figures not disclosed
- McKinley Vintners LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Lost Decade Wine Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£97.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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