J. & A. MITCHELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC003582 · ltd · incorporated 1897-08-10

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.

Why now

Window opening · medium confidence

More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.

· Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → too_messy

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

↓Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → too_messy

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 11010

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 62/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 50.8y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 50.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (6 active, 17 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

141 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £5,069,570

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2023-07-31
Profit before tax	£5.07M	£5.95M
Average employees	112	—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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accounts · AA
2026-02-04
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capital-sale-or-transfer-treasury-shares-with-date-currency-capital-figure
capital · SH04
2025-12-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-02
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares-treasury-capital-date
capital · SH03
2024-05-30
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
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officers · AP01
2023-08-21
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MURRAY, Alan Campbell appointed
director
2023-08-17
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officers · TM01
2023-08-05
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WRIGHT, Hedley Gordon resigned
director
2023-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-03-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-11-12
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-11-12
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Charge satisfied #4
2020-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2010-08-01
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CLAPPERTON, Neil appointed
director
2010-08-01
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CLAPPERTON, Neil resigned
director
2010-06-12
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2010-05-19
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CAMPBELL, Stuart Alexander appointed
director
2008-08-27
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EDWARD, Ian appointed
director
2008-06-06
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ROBB, Alexander James Stewart Ferrier resigned
director
2004-03-25
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LEFEBVRE, Patrick Bernard appointed
director
2004-02-01
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KEY, Margaret Joan Mitchell resigned
director
2003-07-08
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Charge satisfied #3
2003-06-05
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1998-12-31
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CAMPBELL, Stuart Alexander appointed
secretary
1998-12-31
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C & D MACTAGGART resigned
corporate-secretary
1997-11-27
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ROBB, Alexander James Stewart Ferrier appointed
director
1996-12-19
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WRIGHT, Gordon Henry resigned
director
1996-09-02
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CLAPPERTON, Neil appointed
director
1996-09-02
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WRIGHT, Marie Patricia resigned
director
1996-07-10
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CAMPBELL, Lilian Cunningham resigned
director
1996-07-10
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CLAPPERTON, Neil resigned
director
1996-06-24
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CAMPBELL, Lilian Cunningham appointed
director
1996-06-24
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CLAPPERTON, Neil appointed
director
1996-06-05
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MCDOUGALL, John Charles Alexander resigned
director
1995-06-15
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1995-05-16
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Charge satisfied #2
1994-08-06
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ALLAN, David Roy resigned
director
1993-09-01
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MCDOUGALL, John Charles Alexander appointed
director
1992-08-05
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Charge satisfied #1
1991-04-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Tsb Bank Scotland PLC
1975-08-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1897-08-10
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Company incorporated
As J. & A. MITCHELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Neil Clapperton Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Patrick Bernard Lefebvre Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Ian Edward Individual · British · DOB 09/1935 · age 91	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Stuart Alexander Campbell Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Hedley Gordon Wrightceased 05/08/2023· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1897-08-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Springbank Distillery

Well Close

Campbeltown

Argyll

PA28 6ET

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-21

Last: 2026-01-07