MACINTYRE FINDON FARMS
🌳Matureactive
SC065858 · private-unlimited · incorporated 1978-09-14
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (54/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-08📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2024-11-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-12-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-10-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-10-08📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-10-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-10-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-10-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-05📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2015-06-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-27➕MACINTYRE, Peter Scott appointeddirector
- 2015-01-05📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 1991-05-29➕MACINTYRE, Brenda Anne appointedsecretary
- 1991-05-29➕MACINTYRE, Brenda Anne appointeddirector
- 1991-05-29➖MACINTYRE, Margaret Shaw resignedsecretary
- 1991-05-29➖MACINTYRE, Margaret Shaw resigneddirector
- 1978-09-14🏢Company incorporatedAs MACINTYRE FINDON FARMS
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACINTYRE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Peter Scott Macintyre Individual · British · DOB 05/1990 · age 36 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated1978-09-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Findon Mains
Culbokie
By Dingwall, Ross-Shire
IV7 8JJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2015-12-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
MACINTYRE, Brenda Anne→
Activesecretary · appointed 1991-05-29
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Active
MACINTYRE, Brenda Anne→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1991-05-29
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MACINTYRE, Peter Scott→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2015-05-27
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MACINTYRE, Margaret Shaw→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1991-05-29
MACINTYRE, Margaret Shaw→
Resigneddirector · resigned 1991-05-29
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Recent filings (67 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-14
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-08
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2019-10-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-08