KYTHE DISTILLERY CO LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC733276 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-23
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
19 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
60
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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3 | 300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 address
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-11-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-06-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-06-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-11-29📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-11-29📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-09-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-05-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-23🏢Company incorporatedAs KYTHE DISTILLERY CO LTD
- 2022-05-23➕CHAN, Aaron appointeddirector
- 2022-05-23➕MACRAILD, Angus William appointeddirector
- 2022-05-23➕MCMILLAN, Jonathan William Allan appointeddirector
- 2022-05-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
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 |
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Mr Aaron Chan Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 08/09/2022 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Jonathan William Allan Mcmillanceased 08/09/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Angus Macraildceased 08/09/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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| MANHATTAN PEANUTS (UK) LTD→ SC444198 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
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| MINCE LIMITED→ SC396306 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-05-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010
Registered office
Henderson Loggie The Stamp Office, Level 5
10-14 Waterloo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 3EG
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-05
Last: 2025-05-22
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
MACRAILD, Angus William→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2022-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCMILLAN, Jonathan William Allan→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2022-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (19 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-29
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-11-29