KIRRIEMUIR DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

🌳Matureactive

SC138938 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1992-06-17

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

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

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£46.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

41 officers (9 active, 41 linked, 34 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

160 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £46,557

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£47k

↑ 41% YoY

Current Assets

£43k

↑ 50% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£46.6k	£33.0k
Current assets	£42.7k	£28.4k
Net assets	£46.6k	£33.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (93 events)Click to expand

2025-05-22
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accounts · AA
2024-10-19
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accounts · AA
2024-07-01
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officers · TM01
2024-07-01
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officers · TM01
2024-07-01
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officers · TM01
2024-01-31
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DANDIE, Robin Jackson resigned
director
2024-01-31
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FARQUHARSON, Graeme resigned
director
2024-01-31
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WILKIE, Ashley Alice resigned
director
2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-04-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-12
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officers · TM01
2023-03-06
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BLAIR, Niall resigned
director
2023-03-06
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STEEL, Andrew White resigned
director
2022-10-20
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accounts · AA
2022-04-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-03-19
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officers · TM01
2022-03-19
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officers · TM01
2022-03-19
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officers · TM01
2022-03-16
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GRANT, Ian David resigned
director
2022-03-16
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PATTULLO, Ian Morrison resigned
director
2022-03-16
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TEMPLE, Laura Frances resigned
director
2021-10-21
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accounts · AA
2020-11-04
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officers · AP01
2020-11-04
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officers · AP01
2020-03-09
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KYDD, Scott Neil appointed
director
2020-03-09
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MCLAREN, William Peter appointed
director
2020-03-09
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ROBERTSON, William Grant resigned
secretary
2020-03-09
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ORR, David Gibson resigned
director
2020-03-09
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SMITH, Helen Margaret resigned
director
2019-12-31
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ROBERTSON, William Grant resigned
director
2019-06-24
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BROWN, Matthew appointed
director
2019-06-24
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BLAIR, Niall appointed
director
2019-06-24
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HENDERSON, Graham Fearn resigned
director
2019-03-11
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DUNLOP, James Hugh resigned
director
2015-03-09
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LAWSON, Peter James resigned
director
2014-09-18
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AITCHISON, Christine resigned
secretary
2014-09-18
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ROBERTSON, William Grant appointed
secretary
2014-09-18
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DANDIE, Robin Jackson resigned
director
2014-09-18
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GRANT, Shona Elizabeth resigned
director
2014-03-03
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MACKAY, James William Bishop appointed
director
2014-03-03
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WYLIE, Lesley appointed
director
2014-03-03
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DANDIE, Robin Jackson appointed
director
2014-03-03
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GRANT, Ian David appointed
director
2014-03-03
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GRANT, Shona Elizabeth appointed
director
2014-03-03
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ORR, David Gibson appointed
director
2014-03-03
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TEMPLE, Laura Frances appointed
director
2013-03-05
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PATTULLO, Ian Morrison appointed
director

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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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Shona Elizabeth Grant Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/03/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr William Peter Mclarenceased 06/03/2023· 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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1992-06-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

15 Academy Street

Forfar

DD8 2HA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-01

Last: 2025-06-17