GRAMPIAN OAT PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC176950 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-04

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10611

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

21 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

92 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	0	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-04-30
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-04-30
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
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COOKSON, Mark Thomas appointed
secretary
2023-04-26
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COOKSON, Mark Thomas appointed
director
2023-04-26
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MELLOR, Peter Matthew resigned
secretary
2023-04-26
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MELLOR, Peter Matthew resigned
director
2023-04-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-26
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-04-26
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-04-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-28
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MELLOR, Peter Matthew appointed
director
2019-06-28
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WARR, David resigned
director
2019-06-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-06-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-12-01
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MELLOR, Peter Matthew appointed
secretary
2018-12-01
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WARR, David resigned
secretary
2018-04-28
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WARR, David appointed
director
2018-04-27
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LEA, James John appointed
director
2001-07-27
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LEA, Philip resigned
director
1998-07-04
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FLINT, David resigned
nominee-director
1997-08-13
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LEA, John Edward appointed
director
1997-08-13
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FLINT, David resigned
nominee-secretary
1997-08-13
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WARR, David appointed
secretary
1997-08-13
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DICKSON, Ian resigned
nominee-director
1997-08-13
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LEA, Philip appointed
director
1997-07-04
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Company incorporated
As GRAMPIAN OAT PRODUCTS LIMITED
1997-07-04
➕
FLINT, David appointed
nominee-secretary
1997-07-04
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DICKSON, Ian appointed
nominee-director
1997-07-04
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FLINT, David appointed
nominee-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 80 — 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 80 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

Agri Food Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Agri Food Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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GRAMPIAN OAT PRODUCTS LIMITED

This company · SC176950

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Agri Food Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	05/04/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Morning Foods Limitedceased 05/04/2024· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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CAWOODS (FISHCURERS) LIMITED→ SC034153 · est 1959 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	66y	82	60y
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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

Incorporated1997-07-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10611 — SIC 10611

Registered office

Citypoint

65 Haymarket Terrace

Edinburgh

EH12 5HD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-24

Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

COOKSON, Mark Thomas→

secretary · appointed 2023-04-26

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Active

COOKSON, Mark Thomas→

director · ~44y · appointed 2023-04-26

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Active

LEA, James John→

director · ~46y · appointed 2018-04-27

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Active

LEA, John Edward→

director · ~80y · appointed 1997-08-13

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FLINT, David→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-04 · resigned 1997-08-13

Resigned

MELLOR, Peter Matthew→

secretary · appointed 2018-12-01 · resigned 2023-04-26

Resigned

WARR, David→

secretary · appointed 1997-08-13 · resigned 2018-12-01

Resigned

DICKSON, Ian→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-07-04 · resigned 1997-08-13

Resigned

FLINT, David→

nominee-director · ~71y · appointed 1997-07-04 · resigned 1998-07-04

Resigned

LEA, Philip→

director · ~111y · appointed 1997-08-13 · resigned 2001-07-27

Resigned

MELLOR, Peter Matthew→

director · ~48y · appointed 2019-06-28 · resigned 2023-04-26

Resigned

WARR, David→

director · ~74y · appointed 2018-04-28 · resigned 2019-06-28

Resigned

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Recent filings (92 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-04-16

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-04-11

second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date

confirmation-statement · RP04CS01

2024-09-11

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-13

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2024-04-30

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-04-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-04-22

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-15

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-04-26

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2023-04-26

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2023-04-26

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-04-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-04-17

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-10