CALEDONIAN AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC068836 · ltd · incorporated 1979-07-17
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 20.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
100 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees300300

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-08-19
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    HOGG, Norma Jean resigned
    director
  3. 2025-08-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-09-11
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  5. 2023-09-29
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  6. 2022-09-26
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  7. 2021-09-24
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  8. 2020-10-02
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  9. 2019-12-30
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  10. 2019-09-30
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  11. 2018-09-26
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  12. 2018-01-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2018-01-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2017-10-04
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  15. 2016-09-27
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  16. 2016-01-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-03-01
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    HAIR, Margaret Isabel appointed
    director
  18. 2008-11-17
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    HOGG, Norma Jean appointed
    director
  19. 2008-04-30
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    SPENCER-NAIRN, Christopher Frank resigned
    director
  20. 2008-04-30
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    SPENCER-NAIRN, Robert Arnold resigned
    director
  21. 2008-02-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2005-10-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  23. 2003-08-15
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    CUNNINGHAM, Laura Lynn resigned
    director
  24. 2002-03-20
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    SPENCER-NAIRN, Michael Alastair resigned
    director
  25. 1992-10-21
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    CUNNINGHAM, Laura Lynn appointed
    director
  26. 1979-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As CALEDONIAN AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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
Mrs Margaret Hair
Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/12/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Hairceased 01/12/2017· significant influence

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
Incorporated1979-07-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

59 Bonnygate
Cupar
Fife
KY15 4BY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

HAIR, James→
secretary
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Active
HAIR, James→
director · ~72y
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Active
HAIR, Margaret Isabel→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-03-01
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Active
CUNNINGHAM, Laura Lynn→
director · ~68y · appointed 1992-10-21 · resigned 2003-08-15
Resigned
HOGG, Norma Jean→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-11-17 · resigned 2025-08-19
Resigned
SPENCER-NAIRN, Christopher Frank→
director · ~77y · resigned 2008-04-30
Resigned
SPENCER-NAIRN, Michael Alastair→
director · ~117y · resigned 2002-03-20
Resigned
SPENCER-NAIRN, Robert Arnold→
director · ~93y · resigned 2008-04-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property20/10/200505/02/2008

Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-12-30