KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC225220 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-12
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 22.5y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
15 charges (15/15 with lender, 15/15 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
147 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees4700

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (69 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-12
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2022-12-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2022-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-03-16
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    THOROGOOD, John Laurence, Dr resigned
    director
  9. 2022-03-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2022-03-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2022-03-02
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  12. 2021-12-22
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2021-12-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-12-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2021-12-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2021-12-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-12-20
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    HEADS, Islay appointed
    secretary
  18. 2021-12-20
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    WILLS, Katherine Alison resigned
    secretary
  19. 2021-12-20
    ➖
    TURNBULL, Jonathan Michael resigned
    director
  20. 2021-12-20
    ➖
    TURNBULL, Simon March resigned
    director
  21. 2021-12-15
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    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2021-12-15
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    mortgage · MR01
  23. 2021-12-10
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    Charge registered #15
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  24. 2021-12-10
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    Charge registered #14
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  25. 2021-12-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  26. 2021-12-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  27. 2021-12-06
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  28. 2021-12-06
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    Charge satisfied #10
  29. 2021-12-06
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    Charge satisfied #9
  30. 2021-12-06
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    Charge satisfied #8
  31. 2021-12-06
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    Charge satisfied #7
  32. 2021-12-06
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    Charge satisfied #6
  33. 2021-12-06
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    Charge satisfied #5
  34. 2021-12-06
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    Charge satisfied #4
  35. 2021-12-03
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    Charge registered #13
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  36. 2021-12-03
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  37. 2021-11-28
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  38. 2020-07-28
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  39. 2020-07-08
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited
  40. 2016-05-03
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  41. 2016-01-12
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  42. 2015-12-04
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  43. 2015-01-29
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    Charge satisfied #3
  44. 2014-11-25
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  45. 2014-09-26
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    Charge satisfied #2
  46. 2014-09-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  47. 2014-06-02
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  48. 2012-12-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  49. 2011-03-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  50. 2010-08-16
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    THOROGOOD, John Laurence, Dr appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 69 events

Owner dependency

83/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 med · 1 low
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.

5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Msg Uk Investments Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Msg Uk Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
This company · SC225220

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Moonpal Singh Grewal
Individual · British · DOB 07/1969 · age 57
50–75%
—50-75% shares10/12/2021
Msg Uk Investments Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/12/2021

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-11-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Rockside Farm
Bruichladdich
Isle Of Islay
Argyll
PA49 7UT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

HEADS, Islay→
secretary · appointed 2021-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LADEFOGED, Niels→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLS, Anthony John Vernon→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLS, Katherine Alison→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-12 · resigned 2021-12-20
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-12 · resigned 2001-11-12
Resigned
BERGIUS, William→
director · ~79y · appointed 2009-05-29 · resigned 2010-04-30
Resigned
CARLOW, William Lindsay→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-03-10 · resigned 2009-05-29
Resigned
FRENCH, Mark Robert→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-03-10 · resigned 2005-07-27
Resigned
SOLE, David Michael Barclay→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-03-10 · resigned 2006-08-14
Resigned
THOROGOOD, John Laurence, Dr→
director · ~74y · appointed 2010-08-16 · resigned 2022-03-16
Resigned
TURNBULL, Jonathan Michael→
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-04-12 · resigned 2021-12-20
Resigned
TURNBULL, Simon March→
director · ~77y · appointed 2009-05-29 · resigned 2021-12-20
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-12 · resigned 2001-11-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

15
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:15 of 15 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property10/12/2021—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property10/12/2021—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—03/12/2021—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—03/12/2021—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—28/11/2021—
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge—28/07/202006/12/2021
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited
A registered charge—08/07/202006/12/2021
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge2 properties03/05/201606/12/2021
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property12/01/201606/12/2021
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property04/12/201506/12/2021
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property25/11/201406/12/2021
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge—02/06/201406/12/2021
satisfied
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Clydesdale Bank PLC
Standard security1 property20/12/201229/01/2015
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property29/03/201126/09/2014
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property21/10/200325/09/2014
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Recent filings (147 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-12-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-03-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-03-02
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-03-02