P. J. PATTULLO & COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC075276 · ltd · incorporated 1981-06-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 44.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
1 live charge · oldest 44.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 44.6 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
97 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 4 | 400 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-06➖PATTULLO, Allison Jean resigneddirector
- 2025-12-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-04-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-04-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-06➕PATTULLO, Jonathan David appointeddirector
- 2022-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-05📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2019-12-04📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-12-02➕PATTULLO, Patricia Margaret appointedsecretary
- 2019-12-02➖PATTULLO, Allison Jean resignedsecretary
- 2019-11-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2001-06-01➕PATTULLO, Patricia Margaret appointeddirector
- 1991-07-31➖PATTULLO, Michael John resigneddirector
- 1981-09-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1981-06-18🏢Company incorporatedAs P. J. PATTULLO & COMPANY LIMITED
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 "PATTULLO" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PATTULLO, Jonathan David (same surname) appointed 2023-04-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David George Pattullo Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Patricia Margaret Pattullo Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1981-06-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Pitskelly
Carnoustie
Angus
DD7 7RH
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
PATTULLO, Patricia Margaret→
Activesecretary · appointed 2019-12-02
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Active
PATTULLO, Jonathan David→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2023-04-06
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PATTULLO, Patricia Margaret→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2001-06-01
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PATTULLO, Allison Jean→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2019-12-02
PATTULLO, Allison Jean→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · resigned 2026-01-06
PATTULLO, Michael John→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · resigned 1991-07-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 11/09/1981 | — |
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Recent filings (97 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08