DISTILL-RE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC799027 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-14

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£9.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

7 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,436

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£9k

Current Assets

£12k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28
Total assets	£9.4k
Current assets	£11.6k
Net assets	£9.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand

2026-02-18
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-09-03
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accounts · AA
2025-02-14
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officers · AP01
2025-02-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-10
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MATAS BURRUT, Inigo Jorge appointed
director
2025-02-10
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MCPHILLIE, Gary appointed
director
2024-02-14
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Company incorporated
As DISTILL-RE LTD
2024-02-14
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BHATIA, Abhishek appointed
director
2024-02-14
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Abhishek Bhatia Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	14/02/2024

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

Incorporated2024-02-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

21 Kinleith Mill Road

Currie

EH14 6AX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-27

Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BHATIA, Abhishek→

director · ~40y · appointed 2024-02-14

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Active

MATAS BURRUT, Inigo Jorge→

director · ~52y · appointed 2025-02-10

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Active

MCPHILLIE, Gary→

director · ~58y · appointed 2025-02-10

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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-18

replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name

officers · RP01AP01

2026-02-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-09-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-14

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-02-14

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-02-14

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2024-02-14