CROP SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC106517 · ltd · incorporated 1987-09-08

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 37.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2024

Net worth

£3.84M

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed trade-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: 1 insolvency-related filing on record. Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 37.0y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 37.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

125 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,836,856

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£653k

Net Worth

£3.8m

Current Assets

£4.8m

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-03-31
Total assets	£4.68M
Current assets	£4.77M
Cash	£653.2k
Debtors	£1.50M
Net assets	£3.84M

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

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2 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-10-31
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capital · SH19
2019-10-31
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legacy
insolvency · CAP-SS
2019-10-31
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legacy
capital · SH20
2019-10-31
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-19
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mortgage · MR01
2018-07-13
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2011-11-29
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KOHLER, Ruaridh Macgregor resigned
director
2011-03-01
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STEPHEN, Douglas Neil Grant appointed
director
2011-03-01
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TAYLOR, Richard Martin appointed
director
2006-02-01
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STEPHEN, Cameron Stewart appointed
director
2002-12-01
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KOHLER, Ruaridh Macgregor appointed
director
1999-12-24
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STEPHEN, Ann appointed
secretary
1999-12-24
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STEPHEN, Alexander Cameron Grant resigned
secretary
1999-12-23
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LYNCH, Frank resigned
director
1997-10-31
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DODDS, Alistair William Hastie resigned
director
1990-10-25
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1989-05-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1989-05-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1987-09-08
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Company incorporated
As CROP SERVICES (SCOTLAND) 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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

1 high ·

1 insolvency-related filing on record

high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2019-10-31: legacy

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alexander Cameron Grant Stephen Individual · British · DOB 03/1939 · age 87	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Douglas Neil Grant Stephen Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Cameron Stewart Stephen Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · 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

Incorporated1987-09-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Maxwellheugh Maxwellheugh

Spylaw Road

Kelso

TD5 8DL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28