ISLE OF LEWIS GIN LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC743832 · ltd · incorporated 2022-09-08
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-5.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,168
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,501 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£5k
↓ 488% YoY
Current Assets
£27k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £35.6k | £20.8k |
| Current assets | £26.7k | £20.4k |
| Net assets | £-5.2k | £1.3k |
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
6
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-26📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-11-25📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-11-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2025-11-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-23✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-01-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-01-16📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2022-09-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ISLE OF LEWIS GIN LIMITED
- 2022-09-08➕IRVINE, Iain Donald Mckenzie appointeddirector
- 2022-09-08➕JAMIESON, Laura appointeddirector
- 2022-09-08📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
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.)
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-09-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010
Registered office
26 Lewis Street
Stornoway
Isle Of Lewis
HS1 2JF
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
IRVINE, Iain Donald Mckenzie→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2022-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JAMIESON, Laura→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2022-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (16 total)
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-11-26
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-11-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-11-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-05
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-16
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-01-16