CAITHNESS POTATO BREEDERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC082730 · ltd · incorporated 1983-04-19

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 26.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£1.36M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01130

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.2y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 26.2 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

111 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,359,388

Cash YoY

+2%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.4m

↑ 1.9% YoY

Net Worth

£1.4m

↑ 1.7% YoY

Current Assets

£1.4m

↑ 2.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£1.36M	£1.34M
Current assets	£1.37M	£1.34M
Cash	£1.36M	£1.34M
Debtors	£5.9k	£626
Net assets	£1.36M	£1.34M

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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
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DUNNETT, Gavin Bain appointed
director
2025-05-13
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-05-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-13
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-14
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DUNNET, John Miller, Dr resigned
director
2023-03-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-06-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2005-06-03
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GUINDI, Dominic Andrew appointed
director
2003-12-03
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GUINDI, Marcel Robert resigned
director
2000-02-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Secretary of State for Health
1999-08-16
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BAILEY, Catriona Jean appointed
director
1998-01-01
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DUNNET, Evelyn Munro resigned
director
1995-07-01
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GUINDI, Ian Paul appointed
director
1992-08-22
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HONESS, Brian Leslie resigned
director
1992-07-22
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GUINDI, Dominic Andrew appointed
secretary
1992-07-22
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BARBER, Colin Thomas resigned
secretary
1983-04-19
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Company incorporated
As CAITHNESS POTATO BREEDERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 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

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1983-04-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130

Registered office

5 South Charlotte Street

Edinburgh

EH2 4AN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12