BROXBURN BOTTLERS LIMITED

Company number SC088127 ·

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Executive summary

Broxburn Bottlers Limited presents a high-risk profile driven by severe cash depletion to £33,530, a £2.3 million operating loss, and negative EBITDA in FY2024, against a backdrop of declining spirits industry demand. The company's viability is currently underpinned by the stated commitment of its two corporate shareholders — who are also its primary customers — and a clean audit opinion, but standalone financial metrics are deeply concerning. Any withdrawal of shareholder support or further revenue deterioration would likely render the business insolvent without external intervention.

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Shareholders' funds

£9,170,912

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company continuted to be that of spirit bottlers and bonded warehousekeepers.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1984-05-23
Employees
262 (2025 accounts · was 293 in 2024)
Registered office
5 Drovers Road, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland, EH52 5ND
Postcode
EH52 5ND
Capital
500,000 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
3 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-07-15
Next due by
2027-07-29
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 11010 Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits
  • 52103 Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities
  • 82920 Packaging activities

Officers 5 current · 7 resigned

Appointed 2020-06-24
Appointed 2020-06-24
Appointed 2020-06-24
Appointed 2018-10-30

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Group structure

Controlled by J&G Grant (SC25459) — since 2016-04-06

Controlled by Ian Macleod Distillers Limited (SC32696) — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Gender pay gap

5.3%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website
broxburnbottlers.co.uk

Broxburn Bottlers, on of the UK's leading independent companies providing bottling and product services to the global drinks industry.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
STRATHBROCK BOTTLERS LIMITED1984-08-01
BROXBURN BOTTLERS LIMITED1984-08-01
TARMADILLO LIMITED1984-07-12

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
EAST MAINS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BROXBURN, EH52 5AU2016-04-04

Among its peers

Top 10%

by shareholders' funds, of 67 similar companies in EH

The largest employer among its local peers (262 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1984.

No.5 of the largest distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits companies in Edinburgh →

Competitors Edinburgh

This company ranks 5 among distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits in Edinburgh.

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The class of 1984

51%

of the 14,117 companies incorporated in 1984 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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