DUNCAN TAYLOR SCOTCH WHISKY LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-22 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-08

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£14K

-32.9% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£35K

-99.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

+24.1% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£2M

+1,943.2% vs 2023

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

DUNCAN TAYLOR SCOTCH WHISKY LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=21268

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	—	£14,095,676	£18,949,303
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—	£1,877,704	£4,715,172
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	—	-£123,214	£2,271,045
Net profit	—	—	—	—	—	-£180,415	£1,565,986
Cash	—	—	—	—	£319,511	£21,345	£14,330
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	—	£37,548,517	£39,188,253	£35,850,527
Net assets	—	—	—	—	£9,149,461	£9,361,059	£35,031
Equity	£6,238,864	£7,884,278	£8,406,274	£9,037,583	£9,149,461	£9,361,059	£35,031
Average employees	—	—	—	—	27	29	36
Wages	—	—	—	—	—	£1,461,979	£1,704,699
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+34.4%

£14,095,676 £18,949,303
Cash

-32.9%

£21,345 £14,330

lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets

-99.6%

£9,361,059 £35,031

lowest in 3 filed years
Employees

+24.1%

29 36

highest in 3 filed years
Operating profit

+151.1%

£1,877,704 £4,715,172
Profit before tax

+1,943.2%

-£123,214 £2,271,045
Wages

+16.6%

£1,461,979 £1,704,699

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	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	—	13.3%	24.9%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	—	-1.3%	8.3%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	—	4.8%	13.2%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	77.0%	99.9%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	20.21x	10.07x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	0.94x	1.93x

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

DUNCAN TAYLOR SCOTCH WHISKY LIMITED 2010-10-18 → present
DUNCAN TAYLOR & COMPANY LIMITED 1961-07-05 → 2010-10-18

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: AMS Audit Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The director has considered the company's forecasts, cashflow projection, and liquidity position, and is satisfied that the company will remain cash generative and profitable. In addition, the company would have continued support from additional loan facilities if required from its shareholder and remaining headroom with the existing bank loan. The company is currently in a net asset position and through continued careful cash management, the company will continue to be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The current and future financial position of the company, its cash flow and liquidity position has been reviewed by the director. As a result, the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

“The company continues to invest in new technologies to assist in the sale of premium whisky on a global basis with a view of developing new outlets and channels for its product range. Additionally, the company is committed to the development of novel storage of premium whisky casks to limit the potential for wastage as they age. Finally, the company is committed to developing new markets to sell its products whilst constantly striving to improve the brands that it has already developed internally.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 15 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2008-05-14	—	—
SMITH, Shawn Blackston	Director	2020-11-13	Aug 1968	American

Show 15 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
GROSS, Stephen Jeremy	Secretary	1991-12-02	1996-04-29
MCLIMANS, Charles Patrick	Secretary	2000-10-11	2002-01-31
THOMSON, John Maxwell	Secretary	—	1992-10-01
WALLENS, Elsie	Secretary	1996-04-29	2000-05-01
STRONACHS	Corporate Secretary	2002-01-31	2008-05-14
GELLES, Steven	Director	1996-01-30	2002-01-31
GOLDSTEIN, Stuart	Director	1996-01-30	2002-01-31
GORDON, Alan	Director	2002-01-31	2006-03-23
GROSS, John Jacob	Director	—	1998-10-28
GROSS, Matthew Henry	Director	1996-01-30	2002-01-31
MCLEOD, Kirsty Alison	Director	2018-01-01	2020-11-13
SHAND, Euan Coutts	Director	2002-01-31	2024-04-11
THOMSON, Eric	Director	2001-06-01	2002-01-31
THOMSON, John Maxwell	Director	—	1992-10-01
WATT, Mark William	Director	2009-09-01	2012-05-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Duncan Taylor & Company Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 158 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2024-04-26 MA Memorandum articles
2024-04-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-10-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-07-03	466(Scot)	mortgage	Mortgage alter floating charge with number
2025-06-30	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2025-06-24	466(Scot)	mortgage	Mortgage alter floating charge with number
2025-06-24	466(Scot)	mortgage	Mortgage alter floating charge with number
2025-06-24	466(Scot)	mortgage	Mortgage alter floating charge with number
2025-01-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small	PDF
2024-04-26	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2024-04-26	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2024-04-24	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-01-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small	PDF
2023-05-02	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-01-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-11-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small	PDF
2022-01-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small	PDF
2021-01-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 7
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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