DRINX.COM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC203859 · ltd · incorporated 2000-02-11
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£353.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47250
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -84% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £353,748
Cash draining
Cash down 84% YoY
Cash YoY
-84%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↓ 84% YoY
Net Worth
£354k
↑ 7.5% YoY
Current Assets
£842k
↑ 9.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£168k£337k£505k£674k£842kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£363.0k£348.3k
Current assets£842.1k£770.1k
Cash£1.4k£8.3k
Debtors£102.9k£117.2k
Net assets£353.7k£329.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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  2. 2024-11-21
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  3. 2023-12-08
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  4. 2022-12-05
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  5. 2022-11-28
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  6. 2022-11-28
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  7. 2022-11-28
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  8. 2021-10-28
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  9. 2021-01-29
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  10. 2020-06-26
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    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2020-06-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  12. 2019-08-06
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  13. 2019-02-12
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  14. 2019-01-08
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  15. 2017-12-08
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  16. 2017-03-07
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    accounts · AAMD
  17. 2011-05-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2005-05-16
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    KING, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-05-12
    ➕
    KING, Stephen appointed
    director
  20. 2005-05-12
    ➕
    MCCALL, Amanda Jane appointed
    director
  21. 2005-05-12
    ➖
    MESSRS MCKAY & NORWELL WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2005-05-12
    ➖
    GARVIE, Lloyd resigned
    director
  23. 2005-05-12
    ➖
    WALLER, Scott resigned
    director
  24. 2000-02-11
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    Company incorporated
    As DRINX.COM LIMITED
  25. 2000-02-11
    ➕
    MESSRS MCKAY & NORWELL WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2000-02-11
    ➕
    GARVIE, Lloyd appointed
    director
  27. 2000-02-11
    ➕
    WALLER, Scott appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Stephen King
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Amanda Jane Mccall
Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-02-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47250 — SIC 47250

Registered office

Summit House
4-5 Mitchell Street
Edinburgh
EH6 7BD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

KING, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KING, Stephen→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-05-12
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Active
MCCALL, Amanda Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MESSRS MCKAY & NORWELL WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-02-11 · resigned 2005-05-12
Resigned
GARVIE, Lloyd→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-02-11 · resigned 2005-05-12
Resigned
WALLER, Scott→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-02-11 · resigned 2005-05-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property12/05/201126/06/2020

Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29