THE ISLAND WHISKY COMPANY LIMITED

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SC141689 · ltd · incorporated 1992-12-11
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.
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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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-52.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £52,355
Cash YoY
+28%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£148k
↑ 28% YoY
Net Worth
-£52k
↓ 71% YoY
Current Assets
£159k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£52k-£10k£32k£75k£117k£159kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-52.2k£-30.4k
Current assets£159.1k£131.5k
Cash£148.5k£115.6k
Debtors£10.6k£15.9k
Net assets£-52.4k£-30.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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  2. 2024-09-11
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  3. 2023-09-21
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  4. 2022-08-29
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  5. 2021-09-09
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  6. 2020-12-07
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  7. 2019-09-27
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  8. 2018-09-21
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  9. 2017-08-10
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  10. 2016-09-21
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  11. 2016-01-08
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  12. 2015-09-30
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  13. 2015-03-24
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  16. 2005-05-24
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    MCDONNELL, Hector John resigned
    director
  17. 2005-04-26
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    MACDONALD, Godfrey, Lord resigned
    director
  18. 2002-03-13
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    MACDONALD, Godfrey, Lord appointed
    director
  19. 2001-01-25
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    LYDDON, Susan Constance Laetitia appointed
    director
  20. 2001-01-25
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    BROWN, Nigel Vince resigned
    director
  21. 2000-05-18
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    MCDONNELL, Hector John appointed
    director
  22. 1997-05-20
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    BROWN, Nigel Vince appointed
    director
  23. 1992-12-11
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    Company incorporated
    As THE ISLAND WHISKY COMPANY LIMITED
  24. 1992-12-11
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    LYDDON, Susan Constance Laetitia appointed
    secretary
  25. 1992-12-11
    ➕
    LYDDON, Allan Jonathan Albert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Allan Jonathan Albert Lyddon
Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1992-12-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

6 Logie Mill
Beaverbank Business Park
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH7 4HG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LYDDON, Susan Constance Laetitia→
secretary · appointed 1992-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LYDDON, Allan Jonathan Albert→
director · ~72y · appointed 1992-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LYDDON, Susan Constance Laetitia→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Nigel Vince→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-05-20 · resigned 2001-01-25
Resigned
MACDONALD, Godfrey, Lord→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-03-13 · resigned 2005-04-26
Resigned
MCDONNELL, Hector John→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-05-18 · resigned 2005-05-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

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2025-12-18
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2025-09-18
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2024-12-11
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2024-09-11
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2023-12-14
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2023-09-21
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2022-12-14
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2022-08-29
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2021-12-15
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2021-09-09
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2021-02-04
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2020-12-07
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2020-01-07
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2019-09-27
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2019-01-08