FALKIRK WHISKY DISTILLERY COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC332343 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-12

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 6.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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 6.4y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 6.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 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.

Key financials

2 years 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

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	500	500

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 capital
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 capital
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-02-10
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capital · SH01
2025-09-23
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accounts · AA
2025-05-13
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capital · SH01
2024-12-10
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mortgage · MR04
2024-12-10
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-09-26
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accounts · AA
2024-08-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-28
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accounts · AA
2023-06-01
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officers · AP01
2023-05-30
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officers · AP01
2023-05-26
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STEWART, Janet Campbell appointed
director
2023-05-19
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STEWART-CAIRNS, Catriona appointed
director
2023-05-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-30
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accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-10-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-10-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-10-01
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2021-09-27
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STEWART, Janet appointed
secretary
2019-12-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Close Brewery Rentals Limited
2019-02-13
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STEWART, Alan Campbell resigned
director
2013-10-01
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STEWART, George Danskin appointed
director
2008-03-05
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STEWART, Fiona Anne Campbell appointed
secretary
2008-03-05
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STEWART, George Danskin resigned
secretary
2008-03-05
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STEWART, George Danskin resigned
director
2008-01-18
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STEWART, Fiona Anne Campbell appointed
director
2007-10-12
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Company incorporated
As FALKIRK WHISKY DISTILLERY COMPANY LIMITED
2007-10-12
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STEWART, George Danskin appointed
secretary
2007-10-12
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STEWART, Alan Campbell appointed
director
2007-10-12
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STEWART, George Danskin appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Fiona Anne Campbell Stewart Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2019

5 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Janet Campbell Stewartceased 01/01/2022· 25-50% shares
Mr Alan Campbell Stewartceased 01/01/2022· 25-50% shares
Ms Fiona Anne Campbell Stewartceased 29/04/2022· 25-50% shares
Mrs Janet Campbell Stewartceased 29/04/2022· 25-50% shares
Mr George Danskin Stewartceased 01/01/2024· significant influence

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

Incorporated2007-10-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Atrium House

Callendar Business Park

Falkirk

FK1 1XR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-30

Last: 2026-01-16