ISLE OF HARRIS DISTILLERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC334836 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-04

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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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£5.90M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 11010

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 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

5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 8.9y

35/100

too messy

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

· Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — 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

11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

75 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,904,482

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£80k

Net Worth

£5.9m

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£12.17M	—
Cash	£79.7k	—
Net assets	£5.90M	—
Average employees	—	4800

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-07
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-30
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ERLANGER, Simon David resigned
director
2024-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-18
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-08-08
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2022-08-02
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2022-08-02
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2022-08-01
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-07-28
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited
2021-12-20
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-12-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-04-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-15
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MOELLER, Jon Richard appointed
director
2021-03-15
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LE PAGE, Sébastien resigned
director
2018-03-09
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LE PAGE, Sébastien appointed
director
2017-12-08
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PHILLIPS, William Charles Henry resigned
director
2017-12-01
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JACK, Elsa Vivien appointed
director
2017-09-09
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FIDDES, Douglas resigned
director
2017-06-14
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2017-06-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2017-06-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2014-12-24
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CHIENE & TAIT resigned
corporate-secretary
2014-02-21
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FIDDES, Douglas appointed
director
2014-02-18
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GRANT, Hugh appointed
director
2014-02-18
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MACEACHRAN, Ronald Bannatyne appointed
director
2014-02-18
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SALTZHERR, Dirk appointed
director
2014-02-18
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PHILLIPS, William Charles Henry appointed
director
2012-08-13
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ERLANGER, Simon David appointed
director
2007-12-04
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Company incorporated
As ISLE OF HARRIS DISTILLERS LIMITED
2007-12-04
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BAKEWELL, Anderson Duke appointed
director
2007-12-04
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CHIENE & TAIT appointed
corporate-secretary

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 low

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Hugh Grant Individual · American · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	09/12/2022

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-12-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Isle Of Harris Distillery

Tarbert

Isle Of Harris

HS3 3DJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last: 2025-12-22