AMBER GLEN SCOTCH WHISKY CO., LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC443301 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-21
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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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
22 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-31➖MACLAREN OF MACLAREN, Donald resigneddirector
- 2022-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-01➕THAPA, Bhai Raja appointeddirector
- 2020-12-07📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-12-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-02-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-02-03➖THAPA, Bhai Raja resigneddirector
- 2019-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-25➕THAPA, Bhai Raja appointeddirector
- 2013-06-28➕MINIONIS, Samuel appointedsecretary
- 2013-06-28➕LOWRY, Nathan Nicholas appointeddirector
- 2013-06-28➕MACLAREN OF MACLAREN, Donald appointeddirector
- 2013-02-21🏢Company incorporatedAs AMBER GLEN SCOTCH WHISKY CO., LTD
- 2013-02-21➕MINIONIS, Samuel appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Samuel Minionis Individual · British · DOB 09/1954 · age 72 | 50–75% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-02-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010
Registered office
Summit House
4 - 5 Mitchell Street
Edinburgh
EH6 7BD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
LOWRY, Nathan Nicholas→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2013-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MINIONIS, Samuel→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2013-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THAPA, Bhai Raja→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2021-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACLAREN OF MACLAREN, Donald→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2013-06-28 · resigned 2023-07-31
THAPA, Bhai Raja→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2017-07-25 · resigned 2020-02-03
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Recent filings (39 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-12-07