OVERWORX DISTILLING CO. LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC646533 · ltd · incorporated 2019-11-07
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 77291Renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (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: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees00

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
4
filings
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2026-02-06
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-06
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-02-06
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-11-03
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-11-03
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-07-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-10-18
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-08-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-02-16
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2024-02-16
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2023-11-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2023-11-27
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2023-11-13
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2023-11-13
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2023-08-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2023-08-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2023-05-15
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2023-05-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2023-05-15
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2022-11-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2022-11-02
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  23. 2019-11-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As OVERWORX DISTILLING CO. LTD
  24. 2019-11-07
    WEMYSS, John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 · 1 low
Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2026-03-09: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
John Wemyss
Individual · British · DOB 05/1979 · age 47
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/11/2019

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
Incorporated2019-11-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

494 Holburn Street
Aberdeen
AB10 7LY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-17
Last: 2025-05-03

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WEMYSS, John
director · ~47y · appointed 2019-11-07
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Recent filings (31 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-27