GEORGE PINKERTON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC031219 · ltd · incorporated 1955-12-28

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 43.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£892.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01300

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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 43.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 43.2 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 (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £892,936

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,590 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£893k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£35k

↓ 10% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£892.9k	£897.5k
Current assets	£35.3k	£39.3k
Net assets	£892.9k	£897.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-09-15
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2024-09-20
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2023-09-27
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accounts · AA
2022-09-09
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accounts · AA
2021-09-21
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accounts · AA
2020-11-30
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accounts · AA
2020-07-13
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officers · CH01
2020-07-13
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officers · CH01
2020-07-13
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officers · CH03
2019-07-15
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accounts · AA
2019-07-08
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officers · TM01
2019-07-03
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PINKERTON, Catherine Cook resigned
director
2018-09-27
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accounts · AA
2017-06-28
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accounts · AA
2016-10-31
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accounts · AA
2016-06-29
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2015-06-30
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2005-10-24
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PEARSON, Julie Caroline appointed
secretary
2005-10-24
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PEARSON, Julie Caroline appointed
director
2005-10-24
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PINKERTON, John Alexander appointed
director
2005-10-24
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PINKERTON, John W resigned
secretary
2005-10-24
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PINKERTON, John W resigned
director
1993-05-28
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PINKERTON, Catherine Cook appointed
director
1993-05-28
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PINKERTON, George Cannon resigned
director
1989-01-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1983-02-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1955-12-28
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Company incorporated
As GEORGE PINKERTON LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100

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 "PINKERTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 70 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Julie Caroline Pearson Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr John Alexander Pinkerton Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1955-12-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01300 — SIC 01300

Registered office

South Mains

Houston

PA6 7BD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-04

Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

PEARSON, Julie Caroline→

secretary · appointed 2005-10-24

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Active

PEARSON, Julie Caroline→

director · ~58y · appointed 2005-10-24

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Active

PINKERTON, John Alexander→

director · ~55y · appointed 2005-10-24

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Active

PINKERTON, John W→

secretary · resigned 2005-10-24

Resigned

PINKERTON, Catherine Cook→

director · ~85y · appointed 1993-05-28 · resigned 2019-07-03

Resigned

PINKERTON, George Cannon→

director · ~117y · resigned 1993-05-28

Resigned

PINKERTON, John W→

director · ~86y · resigned 2005-10-24

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	16/01/1989	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	16/02/1983	—

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