GIN BOTHY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC501575 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-26

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 11010

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.9y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 7.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	1900	1700

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-04-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-03-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-27
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2018-06-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-03-26
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Company incorporated
As GIN BOTHY LIMITED
2015-03-26
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CAMERON, Kim Margaret appointed
director

Owner dependency

80/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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.)

Group structure

Bothy Trading Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bothy Trading Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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GIN BOTHY LIMITED

This company · SC501575

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
Bothy Trading Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	07/11/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Miss Kim Margaret Cameronceased 07/11/2023· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-03-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Bothy Distillery

Glen Prosen

Angus

DD8 4SD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-05

Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CAMERON, Kim Margaret→

director · ~50y · appointed 2015-03-26

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	14/06/2018	—

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-28

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-01-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-22

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2024-03-22

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-03-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-28

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-06-12

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-06-06

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-06-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-08-23