WWW.ORGANICWHISKY.COM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC270052 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-30
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£153.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 11050Manufacture of beer
  • 47250SIC 47250
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £153,856
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £24,177 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£154k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£270k
↓ 4.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£57k£113k£170k£226k£283kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£390.2k£406.0k
Current assets£269.7k£282.8k
Net assets£153.9k£178.0k

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

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1 signal 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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
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  14. 2021-01-25
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  15. 2020-12-08
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  16. 2019-12-11
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  17. 2018-10-24
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  18. 2011-03-23
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2011-02-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2004-09-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2004-06-30
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    Company incorporated
    As WWW.ORGANICWHISKY.COM LIMITED
  22. 2004-06-30
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    SAVAGE-ONSTWEDDER, John appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-06-30
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    SAVAGE ONSTWEDDER, Robert Jan appointed
    director
  24. 2004-06-30
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    SAVAGE-ONSTWEDDER, John appointed
    director
  25. 2004-06-30
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    SAVAGE-ONSTWEDDER, John James appointed
    director
  26. 2004-06-30
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-06-30
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  28. 2004-06-30
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2004-06-30
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Savage-Onstwedder
Individual · Dutch · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Robert Jan Savage-Onstwedder
Individual · British · DOB 01/1985 · age 41
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr John-James Savage-Onstwedder
Individual · British · DOB 07/1983 · age 43
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2004-06-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Castlehill
Campbel Town
Argyll
PA28 6AR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

SAVAGE-ONSTWEDDER, John→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-30
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SAVAGE ONSTWEDDER, Robert Jan→
director · ~41y · appointed 2004-06-30
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Active
SAVAGE-ONSTWEDDER, John→
director · ~77y · appointed 2004-06-30
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Active
SAVAGE-ONSTWEDDER, John James→
director · ~43y · appointed 2004-06-30
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Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-30 · resigned 2004-06-30
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-30 · resigned 2004-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property23/03/2011—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property21/02/2011—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property06/09/2004—
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Recent filings (69 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
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accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-22
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officers · CH01
2025-01-22
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officers · CH01
2025-01-22
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accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
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officers · CH01
2024-01-11
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2024-01-11
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2024-01-11
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accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02