ALLIANCE WINE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC090255 · ltd · incorporated 1984-10-29

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 May 2025

Net worth

£3.35M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46342

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 37.0y

35/100

too messy

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

· Oldest live charge is 37.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (7 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

141 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,352,115

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,023,520 YoY

Cash YoY

-5%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£815k

↓ 4.6% YoY

Net Worth

£3.4m

↓ 23% YoY

Current Assets

£12m

↓ 8.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£3.40M	£4.67M
Current assets	£12.16M	£13.22M
Cash	£815.1k	£854.0k
Debtors	£7.57M	£8.83M
Net assets	£3.35M	£4.38M

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

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1 signal 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

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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mortgage · MR04
2026-03-27
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Charge satisfied #5
2026-03-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-24
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officers · CH01
2025-07-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
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COOKE, Giles resigned
director
2024-03-27
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mortgage · MR01
2024-03-25
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2024-02-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-15
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officers · AP01
2021-10-15
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officers · AP01
2021-06-01
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COWAN, Linda appointed
director
2021-06-01
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LLEWELLYN, Edward appointed
director
2021-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-11
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-10-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-07-25
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CUNNINGHAM, Karen resigned
director
2019-05-08
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2019-03-26
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-02-14
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-02-07
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
2019-01-11
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2010-09-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
2009-03-02
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TYNAN, Fergal appointed
director
2007-05-01
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CAMERON, Miriam appointed
director
2002-04-08
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COOKE, Giles appointed
director
2000-03-31
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CAMPBELL, Diana Sovereen resigned
director
1999-08-31
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HARRIS, John resigned
director
1998-06-01
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CAMPBELL, Diana Sovereen appointed
director
1998-06-01
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CUNNINGHAM, Karen appointed
director
1989-05-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1984-10-29
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Company incorporated
As ALLIANCE WINE 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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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.

Group structure

Alliance Wine Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Alliance Wine Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ALLIANCE WINE COMPANY LIMITED

This company · SC090255

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alliance Wine Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	30/04/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Christian Paul Albert Joseph Bouteillerceased 30/04/2019· significant influence

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

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8 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

Incorporated1984-10-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

7 Beechfield Road

Willowyard Estate

Beith

Ayrshire

KA15 1LN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-07

Last: 2025-10-24