OPEN DISTILLERY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC565581 · ltd · incorporated 2017-05-10

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 May 2025

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 4.2y

35/100

under pressure

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

· Charge age ~4.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 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

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-12
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accounts · AA
2025-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-12-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-30
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CAMPBELL, Kenneth resigned
secretary
2022-11-30
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GORDON, Alan resigned
director
2022-02-25
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Dsl Business Finance Limited (SC145739)
2021-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-08
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MONTGOMERY, James David Keith resigned
director
2020-10-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-08
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-17
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officers · EH02
2020-01-17
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officers · CH01
2020-01-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-01-17
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address · AD01
2019-04-30
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GORDON, Alan appointed
director
2017-05-10
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Company incorporated
As OPEN DISTILLERY LIMITED
2017-05-10
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CAMPBELL, Kenneth appointed
director
2017-05-10
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CAMPBELL, Kenneth appointed
secretary
2017-05-10
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MONTGOMERY, James David Keith appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

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.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kenneth Campbell Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1980 · age 46	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	10/05/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr James David Keith Montgomeryceased 08/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Incorporated2017-05-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Across From Garage House

Green Road

Kinross

KY13 8TP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Kenneth→

director · ~46y · appointed 2017-05-10

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Active

CAMPBELL, Kenneth→

secretary · appointed 2017-05-10 · resigned 2022-11-30

Resigned

GORDON, Alan→

director · ~64y · appointed 2019-04-30 · resigned 2022-11-30

Resigned

MONTGOMERY, James David Keith→

director · ~69y · appointed 2017-05-10 · resigned 2020-10-08

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Dsl Business Finance (SC145739) Dsl Business Finance Limited (SC145739)	A registered charge	—	23/02/2022	—

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-12-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-02-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-01-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-01-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-19

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2022-12-02

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-12-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-12

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2022-02-25

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

accounts · AA

2021-10-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-12