FORT GLEN WHISKY COMPANY LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC370772 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-07
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-130.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
47 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 · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £130,182
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£130k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 63% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-130.2k | £-104.2k |
| Current assets | £10.1k | £6.2k |
| Net assets | £-130.2k | £-104.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-21📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2024-03-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-23📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-04-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-04-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2010-01-07🏢Company incorporatedAs FORT GLEN WHISKY COMPANY LIMITED
- 2010-01-07➕BOWYER, Peter appointedsecretary
- 2010-01-07➕BOWYER, Peter appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
98/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Matthew Robert Bowyer Individual · British · DOB 12/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/03/2024 |
Mr Peter Bowyer Individual · English · DOB 11/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 07/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-01-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010
Registered office
Marlborough House
Station Road
Duns
Berwickshire
TD11 3HS
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
Active
BOWYER, Peter→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2010-01-07
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Recent filings (47 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09