ASSYNT CROFTERS TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC140205 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1992-09-11

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 33.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 33.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 33.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

56 officers (11 active, 56 linked, 53 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

183 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	3	300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (124 events)Click to expand

2025-09-12
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officers · TM01
2025-09-12
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officers · TM01
2025-08-27
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accounts · AA
2025-05-21
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MATHESON, Kathryn appointed
director
2025-05-21
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officers · AP01
2024-06-11
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accounts · AA
2024-05-10
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officers · TM01
2024-05-10
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officers · TM01
2023-08-31
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MACRAE, Hugh Angus resigned
director
2023-08-16
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MORRISON, James Matheson resigned
director
2023-08-16
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officers · AP01
2023-08-16
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officers · AP01
2023-08-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-16
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officers · TM01
2023-08-01
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accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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KINNAIRD, Ailsa resigned
director
2023-07-31
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TYSON, David resigned
director
2023-07-07
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MACLEOD, Donald Murdo resigned
director
2023-03-03
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BELSHAW, Claire resigned
director
2023-02-14
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KERR, Amy appointed
director
2023-02-14
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TYSON, David appointed
director
2022-09-20
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accounts · AA
2022-04-22
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officers · AP01
2022-04-22
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officers · TM01
2021-12-13
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MACKENZIE, Craig appointed
director
2021-10-09
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MACLEOD, William resigned
director
2021-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
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KINNAIRD, Ailsa appointed
director
2021-09-24
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officers · AP01
2021-09-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-14
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2021-09-01
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MACKAY, Ray resigned
director
2021-09-01
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TYSON, David resigned
director
2020-09-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-08-16
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BELSHAW, Claire appointed
director
2016-02-15
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MACRAE, Carol Anne appointed
director
2016-01-26
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FRASER, Simon Andrew resigned
secretary
2015-08-17
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BULCH, Matthew Dallas appointed
director
2015-08-17
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MACKENZIE, John resigned
director
2015-08-17
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MORRISON, James Matheson appointed
director
2013-08-05
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MACKAY, Ray appointed
director
2013-06-25
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MACRAE, Alan William resigned
director
2013-06-24
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MACLEOD, Campbell resigned
director
2012-06-26
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MACKAY, Ray resigned
director
2012-06-26
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MACLEOD, Durrant Hunt resigned
director
2012-06-26
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MATHESON, Ian resigned
director
2012-04-30
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TYSON, David appointed
director
2011-10-03
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SMITH, Gary resigned
director
2010-06-18
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MACKENZIE, Ian Alastair resigned
director
2010-06-18
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MACLEOD, Campbell 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

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MACKENZIE, Craig (same surname) appointed 2021-12-13. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Harry Cook Individual · British · DOB 09/1944 · age 82	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	24/09/2020

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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EASTER ROSS FARMERS LIMITED→ SC060125 · est 1976	—	—	—	100	49y	83	95y
GLENROSSAL LIMITED→ SC351176 · est 2008	—	—	£2.77M	—	17y	83	88y
SMIR SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC553111 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
SMM FISHING LTD→ SC609929 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1992-09-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

North Assynt Estate

Lochinver

Lairg

IV27 4JE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-25

Last: 2025-09-11