SPIRITMEN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08874113 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-04

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 7.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

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 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.2y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 7.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

23 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	8500	7900

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-19
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-10-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-09
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-10-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-04
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capital · SH01
2023-10-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-10-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-04
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-04
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officers · TM02
2023-10-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-04
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-10-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-11
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HENDERSON, Ewan John appointed
secretary
2023-09-11
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GREENWOOD, Rita Maria appointed
director
2023-09-11
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HENDERSON, Ewan John appointed
director
2023-09-11
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NARASIMHAN, Badrinath Ekkadu appointed
director
2023-09-11
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KAVANAGH, Steven Robert resigned
secretary
2023-09-11
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DOBSON, Adam Peter resigned
director
2023-09-11
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KAVANAGH, Steven Robert resigned
director
2023-09-11
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KEELING, John Charles resigned
director
2023-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-04-05
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SHELBOURNE, James Clifford John resigned
director
2022-02-14
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BEST, Sophie Jane appointed
director
2020-07-31
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KAVANAGH, Steven Robert appointed
secretary
2020-07-31
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DOBSON, Adam Peter appointed
director
2019-03-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2017-04-04
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MASON, Cory John resigned
director
2015-01-01
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KEELING, John Charles appointed
director
2015-01-01
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SHELBOURNE, James Clifford John appointed
director
2014-08-15
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KAVANAGH, Steven Robert appointed
director
2014-08-11
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MCCULLOCH, Ian Douglas appointed
director
2014-06-08
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DEWHURST, Edward Arthur resigned
director
2014-06-01
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MASON, Cory John appointed
director
2014-02-04
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Company incorporated
As SPIRITMEN LIMITED
2014-02-04
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DEWHURST, Edward Arthur 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

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.
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

William Grant & Sons Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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William Grant & Sons Investments Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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SPIRITMEN LIMITED

This company · 08874113

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
William Grant & Sons Investments Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	11/09/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr James Clifford John Shelbourneceased 11/09/2023· 25-50% shares
Mr Ian Douglas Mccullochceased 11/09/2023· 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

Incorporated2014-02-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Silent Pool Distillery Shere Road

Albury

Guildford

Surrey

GU5 9BW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last: 2026-04-16