BADACHRO DISTILLERY LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC586268 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-19
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
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
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| Total assets | — | £302.4k |
| Current assets | — | £253.3k |
| Net assets | — | £187.2k |
| Average employees | 800 | — |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-19🏢Company incorporatedAs BADACHRO DISTILLERY LTD
- 2018-01-19➕QUINN, Gordon appointedsecretary
- 2018-01-19➕QUINN, Gordon Rodger appointeddirector
- 2018-01-19➕QUINN, Vanessa appointeddirector
- 2018-01-19📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Vanessa Quinn Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 02/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/01/2018 |
Mr Gordon Rodger Quinn Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 09/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/01/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-01-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010
Registered office
Aird Hill
Badachro
Gairloch
IV21 2AB
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
QUINN, Gordon Rodger→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2018-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
QUINN, Vanessa→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2018-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (16 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-31