IAN MACLEOD DISTILLERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC032696 · ltd · incorporated 1957-11-26

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 11010

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46342SIC 46342

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

15 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 43.0y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 43.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

15 charges (15/15 with lender, 15/15 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (10 active, 17 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

190 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 mortgage
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-31
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Charge registered #17
Lender: Pnc Business Credit (A Trading Style of Pnc Financial Services UK LTD) as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties
2026-01-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-29
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DONALDSON, Rennie William appointed
director
2026-01-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-12
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RUSSELL, Edith Stuart resigned
director
2026-01-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-12-19
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-24
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-02-27
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Charge satisfied #11
2023-12-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-23
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RUSSELL, Peter James Sidney resigned
director
2022-12-19
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-12-09
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Charge registered #16
Lender: Pnc Business Credit a Trading Style of Pnc Financial Services UK LTD (As Security Agent)
2022-05-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-02-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-11-15
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Charge satisfied #14
2017-11-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-11-03
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Charge registered #15
Lender: Pnc Business Credit a Trading Style of Pnc Financial Services LTD
2017-06-22
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FARRAR, Richard William appointed
director
2017-04-20
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RANKINE, Laura Agnes Anne appointed
director
2017-04-20
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SHACKLETON, Ian Alexander appointed
director
2017-04-13
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MACKENZIE, Roderick Nestle James resigned
director
2016-05-27
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Charge satisfied #13
2016-05-27
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Charge satisfied #12
2016-05-27
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Charge satisfied #10
2016-05-27
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Charge satisfied #9
2016-05-27
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Charge satisfied #8
2016-05-27
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Charge satisfied #7
2016-05-27
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Charge satisfied #6
2016-05-27
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Charge satisfied #5
2016-05-27
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Charge satisfied #4
2016-05-19
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2013-09-19
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2013-09-19
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2013-09-05
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-02-28
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Charge registered #10
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-11-08
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Charge registered #9
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-09-23
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Charge registered #8
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-09-14
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WILSON, James Simpson resigned
director
2011-07-06
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Charge registered #7
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-06-28
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Charge registered #6
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1957-11-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Peter Russell House 2 Youngs Road

East Mains Industrial Estate

Broxburn

West Lothian

EH52 5LY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-23

Last: 2026-02-09