KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Company registration number SC225220 (Scotland)
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 10
KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2025
31 December 2025
- 1 -
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
4
2,368
4,902
Tangible assets
5
17,794,176
17,914,704
Investments
6
152
152
17,796,696
17,919,758
Current assets
Stocks
18,679,230
16,595,684
Debtors
7
2,885,748
3,089,835
Cash at bank and in hand
180,950
495,354
21,745,928
20,180,873
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
8
(1,103,346)
(1,508,227)
Net current assets
20,642,582
18,672,646
Total assets less current liabilities
38,439,278
36,592,404
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
9
(22,799,991)
(21,661,514)
Provisions for liabilities
(1,550,120)
(1,549,176)
Net assets
14,089,167
13,381,714
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
271,008
271,008
Share premium account
1,852,693
1,852,693
Capital redemption reserve
15,313
15,313
Profit and loss reserves
11,950,153
11,242,700
Total equity
14,089,167
13,381,714

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 23 June 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr Anthony Wills
Director
Company registration number SC225220 (Scotland)
KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Kilchoman Distillery Company Ltd. is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Scotland. The registered office is Rockside Farm, Bruichladdich, Isle of Islay, Argyll, PA49 7UT.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2
Going concern

The directors are required to prepare the statutory financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. In satisfaction of this requirement, the directors have prepared forecasts and projections covering a period extending over 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. These forecasts indicate that the company is expected to be able to operate within the level of its existing facilities and meet its liabilities as they fall due. true

 

The company’s existing loan facilities are due for renewal in the ordinary course of business within 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Discussions with the company’s bankers regarding the renewal of these facilities are currently ongoing. Based on the progress of these discussions to date, together with the company’s current trading performance, financial position and cash flow forecasts, the directors have a reasonable expectation that these facilities will be renewed on acceptable terms.

 

Accordingly, the directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of these financial statements.

1.3
Turnover

Turnover represents amounts receivable for the sale of whisky produced at the distillery and the income from the visitors centre net of VAT and trade discounts.

The company recognises revenue from the following major sources:

The nature, timing of satisfaction of performance obligations and significant payment terms of the company's major sources of revenue are as follows:

Bottle & cask sales

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on dispatch of the goods), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Visitor centre & cafe sales

Revenue from the Visitor Centre and café sales is recognised at the point at which the goods or services are provided to the customer. Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of VAT and discounts.

 

Payment is typically received at the point of sale, and therefore no material judgement is required regarding the timing of revenue recognition.

Distillery tours

Revenue from distillery tours is recognised when the tour service has been delivered, as this is the point at which the company’s performance obligation is satisfied. Revenue is measured at the transaction price, net of VAT.

 

Where customers pay in advance (e.g. online bookings or vouchers), amounts received are recognised as deferred income until the tour takes place.

1.4
Intangible fixed assets other than goodwill

Intangible assets acquired separately from a business are recognised at cost and are subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses.

 

Intangible assets acquired on business combinations are recognised separately from goodwill at the acquisition date where it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the entity and the fair value of the asset can be measured reliably; the intangible asset arises from contractual or other legal rights; and the intangible asset is separable from the entity.

Amortisation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Patents
10% Straight Line
Other Intangible Assets
20% Straight Line
1.5
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Land and buildings freehold
2-5% Straight Line
Plant and machinery
10-25% Reducing Balance
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
33% Reducing Balance
Motor vehicles
25% Reducing Balance

A full year's depreciation is charged on additions in the year of purchase.The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

1.6
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 4 -

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

1.7
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

1.8
Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.

At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.

1.9
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.10
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

 

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 5 -
Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

 

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

 

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.11
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

1.12
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

1.13
Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

 

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

 

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.14
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

1.15
Leases
As lessee

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.

1.16
Foreign exchange

Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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3
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
46
47
4
Intangible fixed assets
Patents
Other Intangible Assets
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025
69,711
45,000
114,711
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
64,809
45,000
109,809
Amortisation charged for the year
2,534
-
0
2,534
At 31 December 2025
67,343
45,000
112,343
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
2,368
-
0
2,368
At 31 December 2024
4,902
-
0
4,902
KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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5
Tangible fixed assets
Land and buildings
Plant and machinery etc
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2025
12,993,427
8,241,060
21,234,487
Additions
103,589
168,011
271,600
Disposals
-
0
(97,114)
(97,114)
At 31 December 2025
13,097,016
8,311,957
21,408,973
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
295,712
3,024,071
3,319,783
Depreciation charged in the year
-
0
388,699
388,699
Eliminated in respect of disposals
-
0
(93,685)
(93,685)
At 31 December 2025
295,712
3,319,085
3,614,797
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
12,801,304
4,992,872
17,794,176
At 31 December 2024
12,697,715
5,216,989
17,914,704

No depreciation has been charged on certain freehold land and buildings as the directors consider that the residual value is such that the depreciable amount is not material.

 

This assessment is based on the nature of the properties and their expected long-term value. The directors review residual values and useful economic lives annually to ensure that this assumption remains appropriate.

6
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
152
152
7
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
1,006,999
1,247,655
Amounts owed by group undertakings
1,537,279
1,519,675
Other debtors
341,470
322,505
2,885,748
3,089,835
KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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8
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Bank loans
375,000
375,000
Trade creditors
346,379
398,395
Taxation and social security
63,553
228,427
Other creditors
318,414
506,405
1,103,346
1,508,227

Bank loans and overdrafts provided by Barclays Bank PLC are secured by:

 

9
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
22,799,991
21,661,514
Creditors which fall due after five years are payable as follows:
Payable by instalments
4,125,000
4,500,000

Bank loans and overdrafts provided by Barclays Bank PLC are secured as detailed within the 'Creditors: amounts falling due within one year' note.

KILCHOMAN DISTILLERY COMPANY LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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10
Operating lease commitments
As lessee

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:

2025
2024
£
£
Total commitments
32,654
18,552
11
Capital commitments

Amounts contracted for but not provided in the financial statements:

2025
2024
£
£
Acquisition of tangible fixed assets
-
1,667,000
12
Related party transactions

'Other debtors' includes an amount of £1,537,279 (2024 - £1,519,675) due from a fellow group undertaking. The amount outstanding bears no interest and there are no fixed terms for repayment.

13
Audit report information

As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.

The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:

Opinion

In our opinion the financial statements:

Senior Statutory Auditor:
Stephen Bargh CA
Statutory Auditor:
William Duncan + Co (Audit) Ltd
Date of audit report:
24 June 2026
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