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Company description
DIRECT WINES LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 8 February 1973; registered for 53 years; registered office reported in THEALE, BERKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 47910 · Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 trade marks. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- DIRECT WINES LIMITED
- Company number
- 01095091
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY
- Mortgage charges
- 7 total · 4 outstanding · 3 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
27 June 2025Next accounts due
31 March 2027Last statement made up to
15 November 2025Next statement due
29 November 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 4.9%
- Mean bonus gap
- 38.5%
- Women receiving bonus
- 96.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 96.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 44.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 47.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 33.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 46.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 500 to 999-4.8% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9994.5% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9995.3% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9993.1% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9995.5% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9992.2% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9993.5% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9998.0% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 28 December 2025 – 3 July 2026
- Filed
- 27 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 28 June 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £33,093,210
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £1,157,348
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £644,906
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £10,817,813
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 3.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 1.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Direct Wines Limited does not have standard payment terms. Payment terms are agreed on an individual basis with all suppliers as part of contractual negotiations.
The statistic for “Percentage of invoices not paid within agreed terms” has been calculated strictly on the basis that payment is made later than the due date printed on the invoice. Our ability to pay invoices by the printed due date is dependent on the timely receipt of a valid invoice for goods or services received. We note that where invoices are received close to or after the printed due date, or where agreed terms are zero days, this may automatically result in those invoices being paid beyond the agreed terms. - Dispute resolution process
Disputes with suppliers are resolved through agreement between the relevant member of staff at the supplier and his/her primary contact at Direct Wines Limited.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 14.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 12.0 average days to pay28.0% outside terms
- 11.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
- 12.0 average days to pay21.0% outside terms
- 12.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
- 14.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 14.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 13.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 15.0 average days to pay17.0% outside terms
- 13.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
- 18.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
DIRECT WINES LIMITED
LEI 213800L4HOBGV3D88E49 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 8 February 1973
- Initial LEI registration
- 12 September 2016
- LEI last updated
- 5 September 2025
- Next renewal
- 13 September 2026
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- ONE WATERSIDE DRIVE, ARLINGTON BUSINESS PARK, THEALE, GB-RDG, RG7 4SW, GB
- Headquarters address
- ONE WATERSIDE DRIVE, ARLINGTON BUSINESS PARK, THEALE, GB-RDG, RG7 4SW, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_LEI
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_LEI
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- DIRECT WINES LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- DIRECT WINES HOLDINGS LIMITED
- Statement period
- 3 July 2021 – 1 July 2022
- Approved
- 21 September 2022
- Sectors
- Food and beverages, agriculture and fishing
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 10 November 2022
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Direct Wines Limited
Registration Z5813400
- Registered from
- 25 September 2001
- Current end date
- 24 September 2026
- Trading names
- DINERS CLUB WINE SERVICE, WINES OF THE WORLD, TASTE SHOPS, NATIONAL TRUST WINE CLUB, LAITHWAITES, WINE TRAVELLER, BORDEAUX DIRECT WINE TRAVELLER, BORDEAUX DIRECT, THE WINE CLUB, THE SUNDAY TIMES WINE CLUB, NAT WEST WINE CLUB, MALT WHISKY DIRECT, BRITISH AIRWAYS WINE CLUB, RADIO TIMES WINE CLUB, WINE OPTIONS
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
WINE REWARDS
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33,35,39
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2027
LAITHWAITES WINE REWARDS
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33,35,39
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2027
Taste4
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 20 October 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 October 2025
PEELING REEL
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 28 January 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 January 2024
HOT SEAT
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 28 January 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 January 2024
LAITHWAITES UNLIMITED
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33,35,39
- Filed / designated
- 26 March 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 March 2022
BRIGANDO
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 11 July 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 July 2021
THE PATRIOTS
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 11 October 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 October 2020
LE GRAND CHAI
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 17 April 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 April 2018
HARMAN'S RD
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 13 July 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 July 2025
BURONGA GROWERS
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 5 May 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 May 2025
THE FULL FIFTEEN
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 April 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 April 2025
PROSPECTOR'S
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 April 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 April 2025
THE DELVER
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 April 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 April 2025
STURT & HUME
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 April 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 April 2025
EASTWOOD
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 26 January 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 January 2025
THE COACH HOUSE
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 17 December 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 December 2024
ABC AVERYS BIN CLUB
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 35,39
- Filed / designated
- 19 August 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 August 2024
AVERYS BIN CLUB
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 35,36,39
- Filed / designated
- 19 August 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 August 2024
ALBASTRELE
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 7 July 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 July 2024
Le XV du PRÉSIDENT
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 12 July 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 July 2023
LE PRESBYTERE
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 19 January 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 January 2022
EASTWOOD
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2021
TERRE DES PAPES
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2021
SERRET
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2021
PIGASSOU
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2021
COMBELLE
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2021
DARK CORNER
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 29 June 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 June 2021
CHÂTEAU DU BOURG LAITHWAITE
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 2 November 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 November 2020
LE XV DU PRÉSIDENT
Owner Direct Wines Limited · classes 33
- Filed / designated
- 26 August 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 August 2020
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Direct Wines Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England & Wales
- Legal authority
- Uk
- Legal form
- Limited
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 06574767
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
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10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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