THE DISTILLERS' ART LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC632756 · ltd · incorporated 2019-06-07
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 6.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.5y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees100300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-10
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    capital · SH01
  4. 2024-06-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2024-06-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2024-06-10
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-27
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    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2022-07-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2022-07-11
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: @Sipp (Pension Trustees) Limited
  12. 2022-07-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: @Sipp (Pension Trustees) Limited
  13. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-09-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2020-09-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2020-09-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2020-09-09
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    capital · SH01
  19. 2020-09-09
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    capital · SH01
  20. 2019-11-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Alistair Miller
  21. 2019-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As THE DISTILLERS' ART LIMITED
  22. 2019-06-07
    ➕
    CAMERON, Ewen Irving appointed
    director
  23. 2019-06-07
    ➕
    THOMSON, George Preston appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ewen Irving Cameron
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% shares07/06/2019
Mr George Preston Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
——sig. influencesignificant influence25/10/2019

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
Incorporated2019-06-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

The Studio Blairnathort Farm
Milnathort
Kinross
Perth And Kinross
KY13 0SE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CAMERON, Ewen Irving→
director · ~70y · appointed 2019-06-07
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Active
THOMSON, George Preston→
director · ~72y · appointed 2019-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
@Sipp (Pension Trustees)
@Sipp (Pension Trustees) Limited
A registered charge—11/07/2022—
outstanding
@Sipp (Pension Trustees)
@Sipp (Pension Trustees) Limited
A registered charge—11/07/2022—
outstanding
Alistair Miller
A registered charge—03/11/2019—
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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-07-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30