BLADNOCH DISTILLERY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-23 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-09
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+307.2% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
-£9M
+9.8% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
51
-3.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7K
-99.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-06-30 | 2020-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £14,374,992 | £17,204,871 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £5,299,056 | £2,942,720 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3,591,565 | £6,959 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,573,589 | £945,846 | |
| Cash | £732,166 | £545,727 | £1,016,049 | £4,136,984 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £5,158,591 | £11,168,261 | |
| Net assets | -£10,097,094 | -£11,017,994 | -£9,901,676 | -£8,933,530 | |
| Equity | -£10,097,094 | -£11,017,994 | -£9,901,676 | -£8,933,530 | |
| Average employees | 15 | 25 | 53 | 51 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,738,255 | £1,666,083 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-06-30 vs 2023-06-30
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Turnover
+19.7%
£14,374,992 £17,204,871
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Cash
+307.2%
£1,016,049 £4,136,984
highest in 4 filed years
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Net assets
+9.8%
-£9,901,676 -£8,933,530
highest in 4 filed years
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Employees
-3.8%
53 51
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Operating profit
-44.5%
£5,299,056 £2,942,720
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Profit before tax
-99.8%
£3,591,565 £6,959
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Wages
-4.2%
£1,738,255 £1,666,083
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-06-30 | 2020-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 36.9% | 17.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 17.9% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 102.7% | 26.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.59x | 0.67x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 3.10x | 1.00x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BLADNOCH DISTILLERY LIMITED 2015-07-24 → present
- PURE SCOT LIMITED 2014-12-09 → 2015-07-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed forecasts and other financial information and have concluded that the Group and Company have adequate financial resources to continue to operate and meet their liabilities as they fall due for the going concern period. In making such assessment, the directors have considered reasonably possible downside sensitivities, including the impact of global economic challenges and existing geopolitical conflicts.”
Group structure
- BLADNOCH DISTILLERY LIMITED · parent
- Bladnoch Distillery Pty Limited 100%
- Pure Scot Limited 100%
Significant events
- “David Prior has engaged Jefferies Investment Bank UK to sell a non-controlling stake of Bladnoch Distillery Limited. Management anticipates this transaction will be completed by 31 December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEWITT, Gavin Wallace | Director | 2024-01-01 | Oct 1944 | British |
| PRIOR, David Neil | Director | 2014-12-09 | May 1970 | Australian |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEWITT, Gavin Wallace | Director | 2015-06-25 | 2017-09-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Glen James Gribbon | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-05-09 | Ceased 2025-02-07 |
| Mr Nick Savage | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-05-09 | Active |
| Mr David Neil Prior | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-02 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-04-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-28 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-12-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.