G.B. PATTULLO & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC029490 · ltd · incorporated 1953-06-06
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 46.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.30M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 46.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 46.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,295,625

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 5.1% YoY
Current Assets
£212k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£259k£518k£777k£1.0m£1.3mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.30M£1.23M
Current assets£212.3k£188.0k
Net assets£1.30M£1.23M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-09
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  2. 2024-11-29
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  4. 2024-02-14
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  5. 2023-12-07
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  7. 2021-12-06
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  8. 2021-05-27
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  9. 2020-01-22
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  10. 2019-02-26
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  11. 2018-04-11
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  14. 2016-11-28
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  15. 2016-01-05
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  16. 2014-09-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2013-12-01
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    PATTULLO, Ranald Niall appointed
    secretary
  18. 2013-12-01
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    THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2007-12-12
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    THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2006-12-08
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    PATTULLO, Ranald Niall appointed
    director
  21. 2004-11-30
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    THORNTONS WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 1995-11-27
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    PATTULLO, Kenneth Wilson resigned
    secretary
  23. 1995-11-27
    ➕
    THORNTONS WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1990-12-17
    ➕
    PATTULLO, Kenneth Wilson appointed
    secretary
  25. 1990-12-17
    ➖
    PATTULLO, Penelope Margaret resigned
    secretary
  26. 1990-12-17
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    PATTULLO, Ranald Niall resigned
    director
  27. 1979-06-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  28. 1953-06-06
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    Company incorporated
    As G.B. PATTULLO & SONS LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PATTULLO" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 73 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ranald Niall Pattullo
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Penelope Margaret Pattulloceased 17/03/2018· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1953-06-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Mains Of Kelly
Arbroath
DD11 2PQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

PATTULLO, Ranald Niall→
secretary · appointed 2013-12-01
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Active
PATTULLO, Penelope Margaret→
director · ~83y
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Active
PATTULLO, Ranald Niall→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-12-08
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Active
PATTULLO, Kenneth Wilson→
secretary · appointed 1990-12-17 · resigned 1995-11-27
Resigned
PATTULLO, Penelope Margaret→
secretary · resigned 1990-12-17
Resigned
THORNTONS LAW LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-12-12 · resigned 2013-12-01
Resigned
THORNTONS WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-11-27 · resigned 2004-11-30
Resigned
PATTULLO, Ranald Niall→
director · ~60y · resigned 1990-12-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—22/09/2014—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property27/06/1979—
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Recent filings (104 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-22