THE SCOTCH WHISKY HERITAGE CENTRE LIMITED

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SC100141 · ltd · incorporated 1986-07-18

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 38.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 38.9y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 38.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

56 officers (12 active, 56 linked, 51 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

232 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (117 events)Click to expand

2025-12-11
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2025-12-02
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2025-12-01
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BEESTON, Kirsteen Rhoanna appointed
director
2025-12-01
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CASTLEDINE, Thomas James appointed
director
2025-12-01
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WILSON, Jonathan Andrew appointed
director
2025-12-01
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GRAHAM, Jane Louise, Mrs. resigned
director
2025-06-24
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accounts · AA
2024-04-04
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accounts · AA
2023-03-29
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accounts · AA
2023-01-10
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mortgage · MR01
2023-01-09
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2022-12-20
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officers · AP01
2022-12-07
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HYSLOP, Sandy appointed
director
2022-10-03
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incorporation · MA
2022-10-03
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2022-10-03
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2022-09-30
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ROBERTSON, Alex resigned
director
2022-03-28
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accounts · AA
2021-05-12
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2021-01-10
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officers · TM01
2021-01-08
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2020-12-31
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MCINTOSH, Alastair Stiles resigned
director
2020-12-01
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ROBERTSON, Alex appointed
director
2020-11-12
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officers · TM01
2020-10-31
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HUDSON, Ewan resigned
director
2020-06-16
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accounts · AA
2019-03-19
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HUDSON, Ewan appointed
director
2019-01-01
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MACDONALD, Neil Goran resigned
director
2018-11-01
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MARWICK, Jamie David appointed
director
2018-09-25
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GRAHAM, Jane Louise, Mrs. appointed
director
2018-09-25
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GRIER, Kenneth William resigned
director
2018-08-29
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DICK, Anthony Richard William resigned
secretary
2018-08-29
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DICK, Anthony Richard William resigned
director
2018-06-06
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DINEEN, Angela Dawn appointed
director
2018-06-06
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TREVISAN-HUNTER, Julie Ann appointed
director
2017-09-25
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MACDONALD, Neil Goran appointed
director
2017-06-09
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SMITH, Ian appointed
director
2017-06-09
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SCHOFIELD, Anthony resigned
director
2017-06-09
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SMITH, Peter Frederick resigned
director
2016-08-31
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HARTLEY, Robert Daniel Fergus resigned
director
2015-09-22
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FETTER, Herve Denis Michel resigned
director
2015-06-04
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ROBERTSON, Kenneth Robert resigned
director
2014-12-04
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HARTLEY, Robert Daniel Fergus appointed
director
2014-12-04
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LEDERER, Peter Julian resigned
director
2014-12-02
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SCHOFIELD, Anthony appointed
director
2014-09-23
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SMITH, Peter Frederick appointed
director
2014-09-04
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KEILLER, Michael Colvin resigned
director
2012-12-04
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LEASK, Malcolm Ewan appointed
director

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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

-12 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

clean

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

Group structure

Diageo Plc holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Diageo Plc

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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THE SCOTCH WHISKY HERITAGE CENTRE LIMITED

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Diageo Plc Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	10/08/2016

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

Incorporated1986-07-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91030 — Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Registered office

354 Castlehill

Edinburgh

EH1 2NE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-24

Last: 2025-08-10