GLENKEIR WHISKIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC261795 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-13
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47250
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 22.1y

35/100
too messy

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — 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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (4 active, 14 linked, 10 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Profit before tax—£2.32M
Average employees14913100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-01-20
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    PROVAN, Cameron resigned
    director
  4. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2024-03-12
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2023-08-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-08-17
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    PROVAN, Cameron appointed
    director
  9. 2023-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-22
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  15. 2019-02-22
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  16. 2019-02-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2019-02-22
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  18. 2019-02-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2019-02-22
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  20. 2017-04-26
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    O'RAW, Joseph appointed
    secretary
  21. 2016-04-08
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Moorburn Industries Limited
  22. 2016-04-01
    ➖
    TORRANCE, Andrew resigned
    director
  23. 2015-10-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2015-10-13
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    BANKIER, Ian Patrick appointed
    secretary
  25. 2015-10-13
    ➖
    SERVICE, Catherine Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  26. 2015-09-03
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  27. 2014-06-01
    ➕
    BEARD, John Edward appointed
    director
  28. 2014-06-01
    ➖
    THORNTON, William resigned
    director
  29. 2014-06-01
    ➖
    WARE, Nicholas John resigned
    director
  30. 2013-03-25
    ➖
    MURRAY, Alan Adams resigned
    director
  31. 2013-03-25
    ➖
    SUTHERLAND, David Fraser resigned
    director
  32. 2011-06-28
    ➖
    SEMPLE, Peter Kelvin resigned
    director
  33. 2011-06-27
    ➕
    TORRANCE, Andrew appointed
    director
  34. 2010-05-10
    ➕
    WARE, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  35. 2007-01-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Paternoster Associates
  36. 2005-04-05
    ➖
    CANTLAY, Michael Brian resigned
    director
  37. 2004-05-03
    ➕
    CANTLAY, Michael Brian appointed
    director
  38. 2004-05-03
    ➕
    MURRAY, Alan Adams appointed
    director
  39. 2004-05-03
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, David Fraser appointed
    director
  40. 2004-05-03
    ➕
    THORNTON, William appointed
    director
  41. 2004-03-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  42. 2004-01-21
    ➕
    SERVICE, Catherine Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  43. 2004-01-21
    ➖
    CHARLOTTE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  44. 2004-01-21
    ➕
    SEMPLE, Peter Kelvin appointed
    director
  45. 2004-01-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GLENKEIR WHISKIES LIMITED
  46. 2004-01-13
    ➕
    BANKIER, Ian Patrick appointed
    director
  47. 2004-01-13
    ➕
    CHARLOTTE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 74 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

Moorburn Industries Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Moorburn Industries Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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GLENKEIR WHISKIES LIMITED
This company · SC261795

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Edward Beard
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/07/2017
Moorburn Industries Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ian Patrick Bankierceased 06/04/2016· 50-75% shares

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-01-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47250 — SIC 47250

Registered office

Suite 2 (Ground Rear) Melisa House
3 Brand Place Brand Street
Glasgow
G51 1DR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (4 active · 10 resigned)

BANKIER, Ian Patrick→
secretary · appointed 2015-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'RAW, Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2017-04-26
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Active
BANKIER, Ian Patrick→
director · ~74y · appointed 2004-01-13
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Active
BEARD, John Edward→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SERVICE, Catherine Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-21 · resigned 2015-10-13
Resigned
CHARLOTTE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-01-13 · resigned 2004-01-21
Resigned
CANTLAY, Michael Brian→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-05-03 · resigned 2005-04-05
Resigned
MURRAY, Alan Adams→
director · ~78y · appointed 2004-05-03 · resigned 2013-03-25
Resigned
PROVAN, Cameron→
director · ~43y · appointed 2023-08-17 · resigned 2025-01-20
Resigned
SEMPLE, Peter Kelvin→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-01-21 · resigned 2011-06-28
Resigned
SUTHERLAND, David Fraser→
director · ~77y · appointed 2004-05-03 · resigned 2013-03-25
Resigned
THORNTON, William→
director · ~85y · appointed 2004-05-03 · resigned 2014-06-01
Resigned
TORRANCE, Andrew→
director · ~47y · appointed 2011-06-27 · resigned 2016-04-01
Resigned
WARE, Nicholas John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-05-10 · resigned 2014-06-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Moorburn Industries
Moorburn Industries Limited
A registered charge—08/04/2016—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property03/09/2015—
outstanding
Paternoster Associates
Rent deposit deed1 property19/01/2007—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property05/03/200414/10/2015
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Recent filings (106 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-03-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-15