THE SURREY HILLS DISTILLING COMPANY LTD

🌳Matureactive
08467815 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-02
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
23 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2024-02-03
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2023-10-04
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  6. 2023-10-04
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-10-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-10-04
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-09-11
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    HENDERSON, Ewan John appointed
    secretary
  11. 2023-09-11
    ➕
    GREENWOOD, Rita Maria appointed
    director
  12. 2023-09-11
    ➕
    HENDERSON, Ewan John appointed
    director
  13. 2023-09-11
    ➕
    NARASIMHAN, Badrinath Ekkadu appointed
    director
  14. 2022-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-11-10
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  20. 2017-11-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2014-08-21
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    SHELBOURNE, James Clifford John resigned
    director
  22. 2013-04-02
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    Company incorporated
    As THE SURREY HILLS DISTILLING COMPANY LTD
  23. 2013-04-02
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    MCCULLOCH, Ian Douglas appointed
    director
  24. 2013-04-02
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    SHELBOURNE, James Clifford John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Spiritmen Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Spiritmen Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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THE SURREY HILLS DISTILLING COMPANY LTD
This company · 08467815

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Spiritmen Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares31/10/2017
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Ian Douglas Mccullochceased 31/10/2017· 25-50% shares
  • Mr James Clifford John Shelbourneceased 31/10/2017· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-04-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Silent Pool Distillery
Shere Road
Albury
Surrey
GU5 9BW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

HENDERSON, Ewan John→
secretary · appointed 2023-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREENWOOD, Rita Maria→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-09-11
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Active
HENDERSON, Ewan John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCULLOCH, Ian Douglas→
director · ~67y · appointed 2013-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NARASIMHAN, Badrinath Ekkadu→
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHELBOURNE, James Clifford John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2013-04-02 · resigned 2014-08-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-03
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-10-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15