MATUGGA DISTILLERS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC595608 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-27
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 7.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£101.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong 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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £101,350
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,732 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£101k
↓ 9.6% YoY
Current Assets
£63k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £154.0k | £174.3k |
| Current assets | £63.2k | £63.5k |
| Net assets | £101.3k | £112.1k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-08-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-08-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
- 2018-04-27🏢Company incorporatedAs MATUGGA DISTILLERS LIMITED
- 2018-04-27➕RUTASIKWA, Donald Paul appointeddirector
- 2018-04-27➕RUTASIKWA, Jacine Louise appointeddirector
- 2018-04-27📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Donald Paul Rutasikwa Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 27/04/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-04-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010
Registered office
1a Young Square
Brucefield Industrial Estate
Livingston
EH54 9BX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-10
Last: 2025-04-26
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
RUTASIKWA, Donald Paul→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2018-04-27
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RUTASIKWA, Jacine Louise→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2018-04-27
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111) | A registered charge | — | 03/08/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (17 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2018-08-09