BON ACCORD SOFT DRINKS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC495076 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-14
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
£-60.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11070
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46341SIC 46341
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £60,863
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£61k
↓ 84% YoY
Current Assets
£108k
↓ 18% 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 | £-25.5k | £6.5k |
| Current assets | £107.8k | £131.7k |
| Net assets | £-60.9k | £-33.0k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-08-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-08-21➕ALEXANDER, Duncan George appointeddirector
- 2025-08-21➕MCGILL, Alasdair Iain appointeddirector
- 2025-08-21➖BURROUGH, Nathan Paul resigneddirector
- 2024-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-27📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-01-15📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2020-01-15📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-09-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-01➕BURROUGH, Nathan Paul appointeddirector
- 2015-01-14🏢Company incorporatedAs BON ACCORD SOFT DRINKS LIMITED
- 2015-01-14➕KNOWLES, Karen Margaret appointeddirector
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
35/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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.)
Group structure
Bon Accord Soft Drinks Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Bon Accord Soft Drinks Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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BON ACCORD SOFT DRINKS LIMITED
This company · SC495076
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bon Accord Soft Drinks Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Karen Margaret Knowlesceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11070 — SIC 11070
Registered office
36-40 Bellfield Street
Dundee
DD1 5HZ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-27
Last: 2025-05-13
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
ALEXANDER, Duncan George→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2025-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KNOWLES, Karen Margaret→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2015-01-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCGILL, Alasdair Iain→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2025-08-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BURROUGH, Nathan Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2025-08-21
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Recent filings (38 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-16