TOMINTOUL GLENLIVET DISTILLERY LIMITED (THE)

🌳Matureactive
SC093694 · ltd · incorporated 1985-06-07
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 93-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 93). 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
16 officers (5 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
25 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
118 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
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  2. 2025-02-05
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  3. 2024-01-31
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  4. 2023-03-02
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  5. 2022-01-19
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  6. 2021-01-14
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  7. 2021-01-14
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  8. 2019-09-24
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  9. 2018-09-14
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  10. 2017-01-25
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  11. 2016-09-27
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  12. 2016-02-02
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  13. 2015-10-03
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  14. 2015-01-27
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  15. 2014-07-09
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  16. 2001-02-08
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    FLEMING, Robert appointed
    director
  17. 2000-08-01
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    HILLMAN, Jean Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-08-01
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    HILLMAN, Aaron Nicholas appointed
    director
  19. 2000-08-01
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    HILLMAN, Tania appointed
    director
  20. 2000-08-01
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    HILLMAN, Terence Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2000-08-01
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    HANLON, James Francis resigned
    secretary
  22. 2000-08-01
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    HANLON, James Francis resigned
    director
  23. 2000-08-01
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    MEGSON, Brian John resigned
    director
  24. 1999-06-24
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    HITCHCOCK, Kenneth Walter resigned
    director
  25. 1996-02-29
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    HANLON, James Francis appointed
    director
  26. 1996-02-29
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    MCCALL, Robert Henry resigned
    director
  27. 1996-02-29
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    MEGSON, Brian John appointed
    director
  28. 1996-02-29
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    RIDDELL, Eric Adam resigned
    director
  29. 1996-02-29
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    WILSON, Peter Michael resigned
    director
  30. 1995-07-10
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    HITCHCOCK, Kenneth Walter appointed
    director
  31. 1995-06-26
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    LUNN, George Michael resigned
    director
  32. 1994-01-31
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    HOUSEHAM, Anthony Derwent resigned
    director
  33. 1991-01-03
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    HANLON, James Francis appointed
    secretary
  34. 1991-01-03
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    RIDDELL, Eric Adam resigned
    secretary
  35. 1990-02-20
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    HOUSEHAM, Anthony Derwent appointed
    director
  36. 1990-02-20
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    WALKER, George Alfred resigned
    director
  37. 1990-02-20
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    WILSON, Peter Michael appointed
    director
  38. 1989-02-07
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    WALKER, George Alfred appointed
    director
  39. 1985-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As TOMINTOUL GLENLIVET DISTILLERY LIMITED (THE)

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 93 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 93 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Aaron Nicholas Hillman
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Tania Hillman
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1985-06-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Tomintoul Distillery
Ballindalloch
Banffshire
AB37 9AQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (5 active · 11 resigned)

HILLMAN, Jean Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLEMING, Robert→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-02-08
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Active
HILLMAN, Aaron Nicholas→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-08-01
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Active
HILLMAN, Tania→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILLMAN, Terence Michael→
director · ~93y · appointed 2000-08-01
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Active
HANLON, James Francis→
secretary · appointed 1991-01-03 · resigned 2000-08-01
Resigned
RIDDELL, Eric Adam→
secretary · resigned 1991-01-03
Resigned
HANLON, James Francis→
director · ~77y · appointed 1996-02-29 · resigned 2000-08-01
Resigned
HITCHCOCK, Kenneth Walter→
director · ~84y · appointed 1995-07-10 · resigned 1999-06-24
Resigned
HOUSEHAM, Anthony Derwent→
director · ~94y · appointed 1990-02-20 · resigned 1994-01-31
Resigned
LUNN, George Michael→
director · ~84y · resigned 1995-06-26
Resigned
MCCALL, Robert Henry→
director · ~95y · resigned 1996-02-29
Resigned
MEGSON, Brian John→
director · ~72y · appointed 1996-02-29 · resigned 2000-08-01
Resigned
RIDDELL, Eric Adam→
director · ~90y · resigned 1996-02-29
Resigned
WALKER, George Alfred→
director · ~97y · appointed 1989-02-07 · resigned 1990-02-20
Resigned
WILSON, Peter Michael→
director · ~85y · appointed 1990-02-20 · resigned 1996-02-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (118 total)

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2026-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
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2024-01-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
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2023-03-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-24