AGAINST THE GRAIN SPIRITS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC807315 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-17
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46342SIC 46342
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
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.
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3 | — |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-05📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-08-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-01-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-01-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-01-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-05-06➕SCHOEMAN, Pierre appointeddirector
- 2024-05-06➕VAN DER MERWE, Duhan appointeddirector
- 2024-05-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-05-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-17🏢Company incorporatedAs AGAINST THE GRAIN SPIRITS LTD
- 2024-04-17➕WHITEFORD, David John Douglas appointeddirector
- 2024-04-17📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Pierre Schoeman Individual · South African · DOB 05/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 12/01/2025 |
Mr Duhan Van Der Merwe Individual · South African · DOB 06/1995 · age 31 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 12/01/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David John Douglas Whitefordceased 12/01/2025· 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-04-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010
Registered office
5 Castle Terrace
C/O Jrw Hogg & Thorburn
Edinburgh
EH1 2DP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
SCHOEMAN, Pierre→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2024-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VAN DER MERWE, Duhan→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2024-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHITEFORD, David John Douglas→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2024-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (16 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-06