DEVERON VALLEY DISTILLERS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC624089 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-12
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
77
Few red 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-11-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-11-24
    ➖
    NELL, Andre resigned
    director
  5. 2025-10-09
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2025-06-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-02-17
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2020-02-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-02-14
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2020-02-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2020-02-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2020-02-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2020-02-14
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2020-02-01
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Kenneth Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2020-02-01
    ➕
    NELL, Andre appointed
    director
  22. 2020-02-01
    ➖
    SEIVWRIGHT, Gordon resigned
    director
  23. 2019-03-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DEVERON VALLEY DISTILLERS LTD
  24. 2019-03-12
    ➕
    SEIVWRIGHT, Gordon 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-10-09: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kenneth Robert Ramsay
Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51
—25–50%25-50% voting01/02/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Andre Nellceased 09/10/2025· 25-50% voting
  • Mr Gordon Seivwrightceased 01/02/2020· 75-100% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-03-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

C/O Kw Business Services Unit 4
Markethill Industrial Estate
Turriff
AB53 4QY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

RAMSAY, Kenneth Robert→
director · ~51y · appointed 2020-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NELL, Andre→
director · ~55y · appointed 2020-02-01 · resigned 2025-11-24
Resigned
SEIVWRIGHT, Gordon→
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-03-12 · resigned 2020-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-19