BALMAUD DISTILLERY COMPANY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC663710 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-10
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 3.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.6y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~3.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees700

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.

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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 (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-01-25
    ➕
    STRACHAN, Kyle Wilson appointed
    director
  8. 2022-10-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2022-09-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  10. 2022-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-06-10
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    Company incorporated
    As BALMAUD DISTILLERY COMPANY LIMITED
  14. 2020-06-10
    ➕
    GREEN, Shannon appointed
    director
  15. 2020-06-10
    ➕
    STRACHAN, George Wilson appointed
    director
  16. 2020-06-10
    ➕
    STRACHAN, Gerardine appointed
    director
  17. 2020-06-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2020-06-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

56/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

W & G Renewables Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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W & G Renewables Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BALMAUD DISTILLERY COMPANY LIMITED
This company · SC663710

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
W & G Renewables Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting10/06/2020

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
Incorporated2020-06-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Mill Of Balmaud Farm
King Edward
Banff
AB45 3PN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-23
Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

GREEN, Shannon→
director · ~34y · appointed 2020-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STRACHAN, George Wilson→
director · ~64y · appointed 2020-06-10
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Active
STRACHAN, Gerardine→
director · ~64y · appointed 2020-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STRACHAN, Kyle Wilson→
director · ~26y · appointed 2023-01-25
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property26/09/2022—
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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18