{"id":410426,"date":"2026-04-21T18:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410426\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:27:12","slug":"hmrc-withdraws-petition-against-whiskey-wealth-clubs-uk-arm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410426\/","title":{"rendered":"HMRC withdraws petition against Whiskey &#038; Wealth Club\u2019s UK arm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Tax authority had sought to have business wound up\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Businessman Jay Bradley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d6242af3-2944-49bf-881f-d32f1e138c70.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Businessman Jay Bradley<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The UK arm of Whiskey &amp; Wealth Club that is owned by Irish man Jay Bradley has seen a winding-up petition filed against it by Britain\u2019s revenue and customs authority withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It follows an agreement reached by the company with HMRC to pay outstanding money owed to the authority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThe matter arose in the context of wider circumstances, which are being actively addressed,\u201d noted Whiskey &amp; Wealth Club in the UK. \u201cThe business is continuing to move forward and further updates to follow in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Mr Bradley co-founded the Whiskey &amp; Wealth Club in 2018 with Malta native Scott Sciberras. The firm enables its clients to invest in casks of predominantly Irish and Scottish whiskey at \u201cspecial ultra-low wholesale rates\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Whiskey &amp; Wealth Club in the UK noted in a statement that it was \u201cgrateful\u201d to HMRC for the \u201cconstructive approach taken throughout the process, which has supported a prompt and orderly outcome\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cWe are pleased to have reached a resolution and appreciate HMRC\u2019s engagement throughout,\u201d said Mr Sciberras, the CEO of the business. \u201cThe business continues to operate as normal, and our focus remains firmly on delivering for our clients and progressing the business with clarity and momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The most recent publicly-available accounts for the UK arm of the business are for 2023. They show that the unit had generated turnover of \u00a315.8m (\u20ac18.1m) that year and made a \u00a31.5m pre-tax profit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It had total equity of \u00a3202,000 at the end of that year, having paid out \u00a38.3m of dividends during the year. It noted that those dividends were paid to its immediate parent firm as part of a transaction to allow repayment of loans from directors and connected individuals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The immediate parent firm of that entity is Brollachaun Holdings, which is controlled by Mr Bradley. Mr Bradley is no longer a director of the UK unit of Whiskey and Wealth Club, having stepped down in August 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He stated last month that he has had \u201cno operational involvement in the business, input in, or responsibility for the company\u2019s day-to-day management or financial position\u201d since August last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The most recently publicly-filed accounts for the Irish unit of Whiskey &amp; Wealth Club are for 2022. They show that the firm posted a profit of almost \u20ac1.7m that year, giving it retained earnings of \u20ac4.5m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It also lists its ultimate parent company as Brollachaun Holdings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tax authority had sought to have business wound up Businessman Jay Bradley The UK arm of Whiskey &amp;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,10099],"class_list":["post-410426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-john-mulligan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}