THE EDINBURGH DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC482108 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-14
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
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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 (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
41 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 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£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2024-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-19
    ➖
    GRYCUK, Fiona Mackinnon resigned
    secretary
  9. 2021-11-19
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2021-06-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-26
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2019-10-01
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  14. 2019-10-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-09-30
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Gordon Iain appointed
    director
  16. 2019-09-30
    ➕
    GRYCUK, Fiona Mackinnon appointed
    secretary
  17. 2019-09-20
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  18. 2019-09-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2019-09-13
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2019-09-13
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2019-09-13
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2019-09-13
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2019-09-06
    ➕
    ARNOTT, Robert Graeme appointed
    director
  24. 2019-09-06
    ➕
    DOYLE, Kevin Michael appointed
    director
  25. 2019-09-06
    ➖
    MATHIESON, Gregor Alexander Jack resigned
    director
  26. 2019-09-06
    ➖
    WATT, Gordon Robert resigned
    director
  27. 2014-07-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE EDINBURGH DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
  28. 2014-07-14
    ➕
    MATHIESON, Gregor Alexander Jack appointed
    director
  29. 2014-07-14
    ➕
    WATT, Gordon Robert appointed
    director

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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Caledonian Heritable Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Caledonian Heritable Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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THE EDINBURGH DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
This company · SC482108

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Caledonian Heritable Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/09/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gregor Alexander Jack Mathiesonceased 06/09/2019· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2014-07-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

46 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh
EH2 4HQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ARNOTT, Robert Graeme→
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOYLE, Kevin Michael→
director · ~79y · appointed 2019-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUSSELL, Gordon Iain→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRYCUK, Fiona Mackinnon→
secretary · appointed 2019-09-30 · resigned 2021-11-19
Resigned
MATHIESON, Gregor Alexander Jack→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-07-14 · resigned 2019-09-06
Resigned
WATT, Gordon Robert→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-07-14 · resigned 2019-09-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-15