ROSLIN NUTRITION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC173850 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-25
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.0y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (3 active, 14 linked, 8 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees10001000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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  2. 2025-02-18
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  3. 2023-11-24
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  4. 2022-12-12
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  5. 2021-11-24
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  6. 2021-05-25
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    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2021-05-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  8. 2021-01-22
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-10
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    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2020-07-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2020-05-18
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-03-10
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    KNOX, Anne Isobel resigned
    director
  13. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  14. 2018-11-28
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  15. 2018-01-05
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  16. 2016-11-30
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  17. 2016-04-21
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  18. 2016-01-06
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  19. 2010-03-25
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    YOUNG, Kathleen Rose resigned
    secretary
  20. 2008-05-22
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    ANDREWS, Martin appointed
    director
  21. 2008-05-22
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    LORD DOUGLAS OF NEIDPATH, James Donald Charteris, The Honourable appointed
    director
  22. 2005-03-31
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    MCNAB, James Melville, Dr resigned
    director
  23. 2004-10-04
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    HOUSEMAN, Richard Alwyn resigned
    director
  24. 2002-05-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2002-03-11
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    CURRIE, Douglas James Thomas resigned
    secretary
  26. 2002-03-11
    ➕
    YOUNG, Kathleen Rose appointed
    secretary
  27. 2002-02-14
    ➕
    KNOX, Anne Isobel appointed
    director
  28. 2002-02-07
    ➖
    BULFIELD, Grahame John, Professor resigned
    director
  29. 2002-01-07
    ➕
    CURRIE, Douglas James Thomas appointed
    secretary
  30. 2002-01-07
    ➖
    MEIGHAN, Janet resigned
    secretary
  31. 2000-09-11
    ➖
    CURRIE, Douglas James Thomas resigned
    secretary
  32. 2000-09-11
    ➕
    MEIGHAN, Janet appointed
    secretary
  33. 2000-08-15
    ➕
    CURRIE, Douglas James Thomas appointed
    secretary
  34. 2000-07-28
    ➖
    REILLY, Kathryn Alice resigned
    secretary
  35. 2000-07-25
    ➖
    WITHERS, John Webb resigned
    director
  36. 1999-09-14
    ➕
    HOUSEMAN, Richard Alwyn appointed
    director
  37. 1999-03-09
    ➕
    REILLY, Kathryn Alice appointed
    secretary
  38. 1999-03-09
    ➖
    WITHERS, John Webb resigned
    secretary
  39. 1997-03-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ROSLIN NUTRITION LIMITED
  40. 1997-03-25
    ➕
    CURRIE, Douglas James Thomas appointed
    director
  41. 1997-03-25
    ➕
    WITHERS, John Webb appointed
    secretary
  42. 1997-03-25
    ➕
    BULFIELD, Grahame John, Professor appointed
    director
  43. 1997-03-25
    ➕
    MCNAB, James Melville, Dr appointed
    director
  44. 1997-03-25
    ➕
    WITHERS, John Webb appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

Group structure

Dc Agricultural Holdings Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Dc Agricultural Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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ROSLIN NUTRITION LIMITED
This company · SC173850

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lord James Douglas Charteris
Individual · British · DOB 06/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Dc Agricultural Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-03-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

Gosford Mill
Gosford
Longniddry
East Lothian
EH32 0PX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (3 active · 11 resigned)

ANDREWS, Martin→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CURRIE, Douglas James Thomas→
director · ~71y · appointed 1997-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LORD DOUGLAS OF NEIDPATH, James Donald Charteris, The Honourable→
director · ~78y · appointed 2008-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CURRIE, Douglas James Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-07 · resigned 2002-03-11
Resigned
CURRIE, Douglas James Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-15 · resigned 2000-09-11
Resigned
MEIGHAN, Janet→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-11 · resigned 2002-01-07
Resigned
REILLY, Kathryn Alice→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-09 · resigned 2000-07-28
Resigned
WITHERS, John Webb→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-25 · resigned 1999-03-09
Resigned
YOUNG, Kathleen Rose→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-11 · resigned 2010-03-25
Resigned
BULFIELD, Grahame John, Professor→
director · ~85y · appointed 1997-03-25 · resigned 2002-02-07
Resigned
HOUSEMAN, Richard Alwyn→
director · ~80y · appointed 1999-09-14 · resigned 2004-10-04
Resigned
KNOX, Anne Isobel→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-02-14 · resigned 2020-03-10
Resigned
MCNAB, James Melville, Dr→
director · ~86y · appointed 1997-03-25 · resigned 2005-03-31
Resigned
WITHERS, John Webb→
director · ~77y · appointed 1997-03-25 · resigned 2000-07-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—17/05/2021—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property16/05/200210/07/2020
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Recent filings (91 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-18