THE ABERCAIRNY DISTILLERS COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC539155 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-29
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.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 3 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Lifecycle stage: established → mature
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 70
  • · Opportunity score: 71 → 64
  • · Bankability: 75 → 65
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • ↑Lifecycle stage: established → mature
  • ↓Opportunity score: 71 → 64
  • ↓Hygiene score: 90 → 70
  • ↓Bankability: 75 → 65
  • ·Distress / opportunity: avoid → speculative
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of malt
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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

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 (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  3. 2025-07-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-03-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-03-13
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-02-02
    ➕
    MORAY PARKER, Anna Christian appointed
    director
  9. 2025-02-02
    ➕
    PARKER, Daniel James Nicol appointed
    director
  10. 2025-02-02
    ➖
    DRUMMOND MORAY, William George Stirling Home resigned
    director
  11. 2024-11-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-06-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2016-06-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE ABERCAIRNY DISTILLERS COMPANY LIMITED
  21. 2016-06-29
    ➕
    DRUMMOND MORAY, William George Stirling Home appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-07-12

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-06-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11060 — Manufacture of malt

Registered office

Level 4,9 Haymarket Square
Edinburgh
EH3 8RY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12OVERDUE
Last: 2025-06-28

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MORAY PARKER, Anna Christian→
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-02-02
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Active
PARKER, Daniel James Nicol→
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-02-02
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Active
DRUMMOND MORAY, William George Stirling Home→
director · ~86y · appointed 2016-06-29 · resigned 2025-02-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-07-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-07