BIG BEN SCOTCH WHISKY COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC174257 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 93-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 93). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 1998-05-14
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    HILLMAN, Tania appointed
    director
  17. 1997-04-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BIG BEN SCOTCH WHISKY COMPANY LIMITED
  18. 1997-04-09
    ➕
    HILLMAN, Jean Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  19. 1997-04-09
    ➕
    HILLMAN, Terence Michael appointed
    director
  20. 1997-04-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-04-09
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-04-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1997-04-09
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 93 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 93 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Terence Michael Hillman
Individual · British · DOB 06/1933 · age 93
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Jean Elizabeth Hillman
Individual · British · DOB 01/1932 · age 94
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-04-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Angus Dundee - Coatbridge
288 Main Street
Coatbridge
ML5 3HH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HILLMAN, Jean Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-09
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Active
HILLMAN, Tania→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-05-14
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Active
HILLMAN, Terence Michael→
director · ~93y · appointed 1997-04-09
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Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-09 · resigned 1997-04-09
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-04-09 · resigned 1997-04-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-06