MEADOWSTREAM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC174720 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-22
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£476.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 95-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 95). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £476,206

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£476k
↑ 4.3% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£95k£190k£286k£381k£476kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£476.2k£456.7k
Net assets£476.2k£456.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-06
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-12-14
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    BURNETT-STUART, Mary Hermione appointed
    director
  17. 2010-08-09
    ➕
    BURNETT-STUART, George Clement appointed
    director
  18. 2010-05-21
    ➖
    BURNETT-STUART, Joseph resigned
    director
  19. 1997-05-01
    ➕
    BURNETT-STUART, Mary Hermione appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-05-01
    ➕
    BURNETT-STUART, Joseph appointed
    director
  21. 1997-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As MEADOWSTREAM LIMITED
  22. 1997-04-22
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-04-22
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-04-22
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 1997-04-22
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 95 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 95 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Mary Hermione Burnett-Stuart
Individual · British · DOB 02/1931 · age 95
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-04-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Ardmeallie House
Aberchirder
Huntly
Aberdeenshire
AB54 7RS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BURNETT-STUART, Mary Hermione→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURNETT-STUART, George Clement→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURNETT-STUART, Mary Hermione→
director · ~95y · appointed 2011-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-22 · resigned 1997-04-22
Resigned
BURNETT-STUART, Joseph→
director · ~96y · appointed 1997-05-01 · resigned 2010-05-21
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-04-22 · resigned 1997-04-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-03