WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC131772 · ltd · incorporated 1991-05-13

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 34.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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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 83/100 (exceptional), 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 34.5y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 34.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

69 officers (11 active, 69 linked, 63 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

248 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (152 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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MCKENZIE, Grant William appointed
director
2025-12-15
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officers · AP01
2025-11-03
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officers · TM01
2025-10-31
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HAGH, Soren resigned
director
2025-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-20
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CORHA, Roxana Alice appointed
director
2025-02-20
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officers · AP01
2025-01-21
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officers · AP01
2025-01-08
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GEOGHEGAN, Andrew appointed
director
2025-01-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-01-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-01
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MALONE, Donna Rita resigned
director
2024-11-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-08
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MEYER-BARCHECHATH, Isabelle resigned
director
2024-09-10
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-09-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-05-31
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JENKINS, Graeme Mckinlay appointed
director
2024-05-31
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GILLET, Vincent Georges Francois resigned
director
2024-05-31
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MACRITCHIE, Catriona Ann resigned
director
2024-05-31
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MEYER-BARCHECHATH, Isabelle appointed
director
2024-05-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-10
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WILSON, Giles Robert Bryant resigned
director
2024-05-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-01
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HAGH, Soren appointed
director
2023-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-01
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GILLET, Vincent Georges Francois appointed
director
2022-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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YUSEN, Jonathan Mark resigned
director
2022-09-01
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MALONE, Donna Rita appointed
director
2022-08-31
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CHRISTIE, Kerry Lee resigned
director
2022-02-01
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NARASIMHAN, Badrinath Ekkadu appointed
director
2022-01-31
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GLADMAN, Philip Andrew resigned
director
2022-01-26
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GREENWOOD, Rita Maria resigned
director
2022-01-18
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GREENWOOD, Rita Maria appointed
director
2021-08-17
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CRANMER, Craig appointed
director
2021-08-17
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MCKINLAY, Kenneth Strachan appointed
director
2021-05-17
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MACRITCHIE, Catriona Ann appointed
director
2021-04-16
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BROADBRIDGE, John Ricson resigned
director
2020-11-30
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HUNT, Simon John resigned
director
2020-09-30
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BARGETON, Gregory Justin resigned
director
2020-09-04
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LAMONT, Michael resigned
director
2020-09-04
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WILSON, Giles Robert Bryant appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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

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

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William Grant & Sons Holdings Limited

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

ultimate parent

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WILLIAM GRANT & SONS LIMITED

This company · SC131772

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 Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	31/12/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

William Grant & Sons Group Limitedceased 31/12/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Incorporated1991-05-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

The Glenfiddich Distillery

Dufftown

Keith

AB55 4DH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-12

Last: 2025-08-29