DUNECHT WHISKY LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC654567 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-14
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-19.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £19,418
Net assets shrinking
Down £85,526 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
Net Worth
-£19k
↓ 129% YoY
Current Assets
£764k
↓ 3.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £622.6k | £619.7k |
| Current assets | £763.6k | £794.6k |
| Cash | £2.0k | — |
| Debtors | £86.1k | £53.0k |
| Net assets | £-19.4k | £66.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-05-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-05-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-05-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-05-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-02📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-04-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-03-29📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-03-25➕WILLIAMSON, Michael Ian appointeddirector
- 2024-03-25➖GAULD, Ian Stewart resigneddirector
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-01-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-04-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-04-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2020-04-06➕PAYNE, Oliver James appointeddirector
- 2020-02-14🏢Company incorporatedAs DUNECHT WHISKY LTD
- 2020-02-14➕GAULD, Ian Stewart appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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.)
Group structure
Town And County Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Town And County Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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DUNECHT WHISKY LTD
This company · SC654567
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Town And County Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 25/03/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ian Stewart Gauldceased 25/03/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOSS LIMITED→ SC555542 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| DENMORE KITCHENS LIMITED→ SC233152 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| DEVERON DIRECT LIMITED→ SC510203 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| DM FORKLIFTS LIMITED→ SC764664 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| DUNCAN TAYLOR SCOTCH WHISKY LIMITED→ SC036622 · est 1961 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 64y | — | — |
| FERGUSON LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ SC582777 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| FIDELIS SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC375372 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| FIFTEEN93 LIMITED→ SC778197 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| FIRST J&J LIMITED→ SC836741 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-02-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
Unit 4 Blackburn Industrial Estate
Kinellar
Blackburn
Aberdeen
AB21 0RX
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-17
Last: 2025-05-03
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
PAYNE, Oliver James→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2020-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILLIAMSON, Michael Ian→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2024-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GAULD, Ian Stewart→
Resigneddirector · ~42y · appointed 2020-02-14 · resigned 2024-03-25
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 19/04/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (26 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-05-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-03
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-04-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09