BORDER SPIRITS AND BOTANICALS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15081970 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-18
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£11.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
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Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £11,015

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£11k
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-30
Total assets£11.0k
Current assets£1.6k
Net assets£11.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-20
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-14
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-09-14
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-09-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2023-09-13
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-08-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BORDER SPIRITS AND BOTANICALS LIMITED
  9. 2023-08-18
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Joanne appointed
    director
  10. 2023-08-18
    ➕
    TAYLOR, John appointed
    director
  11. 2023-08-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control18/08/2023
Mrs Joanne Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

The Old School
Knowe Head
Cornhill-On-Tweed
TD12 4UQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TAYLOR, Joanne→
director · ~62y · appointed 2023-08-18
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TAYLOR, John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2023-08-18
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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-09-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-18