THE START-UP DRINKS LAB LIMITED
Company number SC568655 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
The Start-Up Drinks Lab Limited possesses a strategically valuable multi-category beverage portfolio and a built-in distribution partner via the Scottish Midland Cooperative Society, positioning it well for the growing no/low-alcohol market. However, the company is facing an existential financial crisis, with net assets plunging to -£260k and current liabilities vastly exceeding current assets, requiring immediate capital restructuring to avoid insolvency. Survival will depend on leveraging its B2B "Lab" capabilities and PSC relationships to pivot toward asset-light, higher-margin revenue streams that can rapidly repair the balance sheet.
Shareholders' funds
£301,511
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2017-06-13
- Employees
- 7 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Magwrx, 249 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3EX
- Postcode
- G2 3EX
- Capital
- 150 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
- Charges
- 0 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
- 2026-06-01
- Next due by
- 2027-06-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 11010 Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits
- 11030 Manufacture of cider and other fruit wines
- 11070 Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters
- 46341 Wholesale of fruit and vegetable juices, mineral water and soft drinks
Officers 1 current · 5 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by SCOTTISH MIDLAND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED — since 2017-12-22
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB628203 (Tier 1), registered since 2023.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| THE CRAFT SOFT DRINKS COMMUNITY LTD | 2017-07-11 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1/1 2 HANSON PARK, GLASGOW, G31 2HA, UNITED KINGDOM | 2018-06-23 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 78 similar companies in G
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (7 staff).
Trading since 2017.
No.12 of the largest distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits companies in Glasgow →
Competitors Glasgow
This company ranks 12 among distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits in Glasgow.
The class of 2017
37%
of the 365 companies in this sector incorporated in 2017 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.