PERSONAL DRINKS LABELLING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC655483 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-24
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-4.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,639

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£5k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£5k-£3k-£1k£818£3k£4kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£-4.6k£-3.7k
Current assets£4.5k£3.6k
Net assets£-4.6k£-3.7k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-09
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2021-10-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-10-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-10-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-10-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-10-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-10-01
    WILLIAMSON, James Frederick appointed
    secretary
  13. 2021-10-01
    MENZIES, Bruce appointed
    director
  14. 2021-10-01
    WILLIAMSON, James Frederick appointed
    director
  15. 2021-10-01
    MENZIES, Ian resigned
    director
  16. 2021-10-01
    MENZIES, Lynne resigned
    director
  17. 2021-10-01
    MENZIES, Sylvia resigned
    director
  18. 2021-04-18
    MENZIES, Lynne appointed
    director
  19. 2021-04-18
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2021-04-18
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2021-04-11
    WILLIAMSON, James Frederick resigned
    director
  22. 2020-02-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PERSONAL DRINKS LABELLING LIMITED
  23. 2020-02-24
    WILLIAMSON, Jill Menzies appointed
    director
  24. 2020-02-24
    MENZIES, Ian appointed
    director
  25. 2020-02-24
    MENZIES, Sylvia appointed
    director
  26. 2020-02-24
    WILLIAMSON, James Frederick appointed
    director
  27. 2020-02-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-02-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

Woodhead Steading
Woodhead
Turriff
AB53 8LT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

WILLIAMSON, James Frederick
secretary · appointed 2021-10-01
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Active
MENZIES, Bruce
director · ~48y · appointed 2021-10-01
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Active
WILLIAMSON, James Frederick
director · ~55y · appointed 2021-10-01
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Active
WILLIAMSON, Jill Menzies
director · ~48y · appointed 2020-02-24
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Active
MENZIES, Ian
director · ~74y · appointed 2020-02-24 · resigned 2021-10-01
Resigned
MENZIES, Lynne
director · ~46y · appointed 2021-04-18 · resigned 2021-10-01
Resigned
MENZIES, Sylvia
director · ~72y · appointed 2020-02-24 · resigned 2021-10-01
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, James Frederick
director · ~55y · appointed 2020-02-24 · resigned 2021-04-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-09
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-10-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-09