THE SCOTCH MALT WHISKY SOCIETY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-08 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+474.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
-20.1% vs 2023
Employees
123
+25.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-3,014.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,318,000 | £17,441,000 | |
| Operating profit | £899,000 | -£84,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £83,000 | -£2,419,000 | |
| Net profit | £59,000 | -£2,419,000 | |
| Cash | £228,000 | £1,309,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,331,000 | £36,352,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,383,000 | £9,099,000 | |
| Equity | £11,383,000 | £9,099,000 | |
| Average employees | 98 | 123 | |
| Wages | £4,525,000 | £4,575,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.7% | -0.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | -13.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.5% | -0.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.3% | 82.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.94x | 2.75x | |
| Interest cover | 0.62x | -0.04x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are, at the time of approving the financial statements, satisfied that the company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements”
Group structure
- THE SCOTCH MALT WHISKY SOCIETY LIMITED · parent
- The Scotch Malt Whisky Society Japan Limited 100%
- The Scotch Malt Whisky China Trading (Shanghai) Limited 75%
- The Scotch Malt Whisky Society Limited Hong Kong 75%
- The Artisanal Spirit Co Hong Kong 75%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITKEN, Douglas Henderson | Secretary | 2021-09-06 | — | — |
| DANE, Andrew William | Director | 2020-09-17 | Jul 1983 | British |
| IVALO, Kai | Director | 2005-10-27 | Dec 1965 | British |
| MCCARTER, William | Director | 2023-05-17 | Mar 1984 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREMNER, William Alexander | Secretary | 2015-04-20 | 2021-09-06 |
| CULLEN, Peter Beszant | Secretary | 2001-01-23 | 2001-07-01 |
| FLEMING, Martha Jayne | Secretary | 2005-06-01 | 2015-03-27 |
| HILLS, Phillip Francis Logan | Secretary | — | 1989-10-07 |
| MACDONALD, Alison Erica | Secretary | 2004-06-25 | 2005-05-31 |
| MCKAY, Douglas Charles | Secretary | 1993-01-22 | 1996-05-28 |
| SAYWOOD, Joan Carol | Secretary | 2001-07-01 | 2004-06-24 |
| SAYWOOD, Joan Carol | Secretary | 1996-05-28 | 2001-01-23 |
| BIGGART BAILLIE & GIFFORD WS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | — | 1992-12-03 |
| AITKEN, Neil Peter James | Director | 2016-05-31 | 2021-06-25 |
| BREMNER, William Alexander | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2020-09-17 |
| CULLEN, Peter Beszant | Director | 1998-01-21 | 2007-09-30 |
| DAMEN, Jan Willem | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2023-07-28 |
| DANA, Anne | Director | 1995-03-26 | 1997-07-27 |
| DANA, Anne | Director | — | 1990-05-11 |
| DARKE, Adrian | Director | — | 1995-03-26 |
| FLEMING, Martha Jayne | Director | 2009-08-14 | 2015-03-27 |
| GORDON, Richard Alexander Pelham | Director | 1995-03-26 | 2006-09-30 |
| GRIFFITHS, Anne | Director | 1996-05-28 | 2008-12-31 |
| HAMILTON, Iain Lindsay | Director | 2004-01-14 | 2009-08-14 |
| HILLS, Leslie | Director | 1995-09-24 | 1998-06-28 |
| HILLS, Phillip Francis Logan | Director | — | 1995-08-29 |
| HOELLINGER, Marc | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2015-03-27 |
| JACQUES, Peter | Director | — | 1991-10-07 |
| MCKAY, Douglas Charles | Director | — | 1998-06-28 |
| MCWILLIAM, Alan Maitland Dewar | Director | 1989-10-23 | 1992-12-03 |
| MILES, Paul Julian | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2016-05-13 |
| NEEP, Paul Anthony | Director | 2004-01-14 | 2012-04-27 |
| PHILLIPS, William Charles Henry | Director | 1997-04-16 | 2010-12-31 |
| RIDLEY, David John | Director | 2017-04-06 | 2023-01-24 |
| ROSS, Charles Iain Mclean | Director | 1995-03-26 | 1997-07-27 |
| SAYWOOD, Joan Carol | Director | 1996-05-28 | 2004-06-24 |
| SHARP, Russell | Director | — | 1993-10-06 |
| SKIPWORTH, Paul Henry | Director | 2014-07-18 | 2022-06-23 |
| SKIPWORTH, Paul Henry | Director | 2012-04-27 | 2014-01-31 |
| SMITH, Michael Monroe | Director | — | 1992-02-19 |
| STAVERT, Patricia M | Director | — | 1989-09-23 |
| TAMMES, Andre Paul | Director | 1995-03-26 | 1998-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Artisanal Spirits Company Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 258 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-26 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-09-26 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-09-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2024-02-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-24 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2024-02-24 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-9.7%
£19,318,000 £17,441,000
-
Cash
+474.1%
£228,000 £1,309,000
-
Net assets
-20.1%
£11,383,000 £9,099,000
-
Employees
+25.5%
98 123
-
Operating profit
-109.3%
£899,000 -£84,000
-
Profit before tax
-3,014.5%
£83,000 -£2,419,000
-
Wages
+1.1%
£4,525,000 £4,575,000
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