ORKNEY FOOD AND DRINK

🌳Matureactive

SC144408 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1993-05-13

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 31.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£56.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

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

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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 31.5y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 31.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — 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

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

46 officers (9 active, 46 linked, 39 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

153 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 £56,554

Cash YoY

+23%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£37k

↑ 23% YoY

Net Worth

£57k

↑ 1.9% YoY

Current Assets

£87k

↑ 3.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£56.6k	£55.5k
Current assets	£86.9k	£84.4k
Cash	£36.5k	£29.7k
Debtors	£50.4k	£54.7k
Net assets	£56.6k	£55.5k

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (104 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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MACINNES, Callum resigned
director
2026-04-02
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officers · TM01
2025-12-23
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accounts · AA
2025-01-16
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officers · AP01
2025-01-15
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GRAHAM, Barry appointed
director
2025-01-08
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officers · TM01
2025-01-08
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officers · AP01
2025-01-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
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HUDD, Paul appointed
director
2024-10-09
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MACINNES, Fiona Catherine resigned
director
2024-10-09
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MILLER, John resigned
director
2024-05-21
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officers · CH01
2024-05-21
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officers · CH01
2024-05-21
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officers · CH01
2023-11-30
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accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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address · AD01
2022-07-21
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accounts · AA
2022-07-01
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officers · TM01
2022-01-31
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WOOD, Emma Elizabeth resigned
director
2021-11-03
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accounts · AA
2021-06-24
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2021-05-26
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2021-05-26
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2021-05-15
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VAN SCHAYK, Collin appointed
director
2021-05-15
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MILLER, John appointed
director
2021-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-14
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BRUCE, Graham appointed
director
2020-05-22
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HEAL, Ailsa Caroline resigned
director
2020-05-22
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PAYNE, Lee Jason resigned
director
2020-05-22
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STEVENSON, Nicola resigned
director
2018-08-22
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BROWN, Stuart William appointed
director
2018-08-22
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HEAL, Ailsa Caroline appointed
director
2018-08-22
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PAYNE, Lee Jason appointed
director
2018-08-22
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RETSON, Patricia Jean resigned
director
2018-08-22
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STEVENSON, Nicola appointed
director
2018-05-21
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CAIRNS, Moira Ruth resigned
director
2015-10-29
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CAIRNS, Moira Ruth appointed
director
2015-10-28
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JOHNSTON, Lesley resigned
director
2011-05-27
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DEAKIN, Timothy Austin resigned
director
2011-05-27
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JOHNSTON, Lesley appointed
director
2011-05-27
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SUTHERLAND, Kenneth Gordon resigned
director
2010-02-10
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MACINNES, Fiona Catherine appointed
director
2010-02-01
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MACINNES, Callum appointed
director
2009-11-01
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WIGHT, Edward resigned
director
2009-09-01
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CRICHTON, Stewart George resigned
director
2009-09-01
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WOOD, Emma Elizabeth appointed
director
2009-05-06
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STOUT, George Campbell appointed
director
2009-05-06
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BALFOUR, Edgar George resigned
director
2009-05-06
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BOWN, Elizabeth Helen resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 104 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1993-05-13

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

4 Broad Street

Kirkwall

KW15 1NX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-27

Last: 2025-05-13