GLENSHEE CRAFT DISTILLERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC480914 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-26
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-160.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £160,161
Cash YoY
-12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£42k
↓ 12% YoY
Net Worth
-£160k
↓ 28% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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-£160k-£119k-£77k-£36k£6k£47kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Cash£41.7k£47.3k
Net assets£-160.2k£-124.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-07-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-07-03
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  5. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-04-23
    ➕
    MCSPARRON FAIRCLOUGH, Christine appointed
    director
  8. 2024-02-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-02-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-07-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-06-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2014-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As GLENSHEE CRAFT DISTILLERS LTD
  20. 2014-06-26
    ➕
    FAIRCLOUGH, Simon Maurice Lytton appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mrs Christine Mcsparron Fairclough
Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/04/2024
Simon Maurice Lytton Fairclough
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-06-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Johnston Carmichael Bishop's Court
29 Albyn Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1YL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-10
Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FAIRCLOUGH, Simon Maurice Lytton→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCSPARRON FAIRCLOUGH, Christine→
director · ~55y · appointed 2024-04-23
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Active

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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-03
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04