SPEYMOUTH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC183547 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-04

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£429.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 91). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.8y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 16.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 £429,283

Very low cash

Cash position: £6

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,051 YoY

Cash YoY

-25%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6

↓ 25% YoY

Net Worth

£429k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Cash	£6	£8
Net assets	£429.3k	£432.3k

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 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-01-06
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mortgage · MR01
2025-12-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
2025-12-19
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accounts · AA
2025-07-08
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address · AD04
2024-12-16
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accounts · AA
2023-10-30
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2023-03-20
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2023-03-20
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2023-03-20
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2022-12-16
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accounts · AA
2021-10-13
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2021-02-18
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2019-12-19
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2018-10-16
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2017-12-19
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2017-01-03
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2009-07-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
1998-03-13
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GREEN, Iain appointed
secretary
1998-03-13
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GREEN, Iain appointed
director
1998-03-13
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GREEN, James appointed
director
1998-03-13
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GREEN, Mary Agnes appointed
director
1998-03-13
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1998-03-13
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director
1998-03-04
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Company incorporated
As SPEYMOUTH LIMITED
1998-03-04
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1998-03-04
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
James Green Individual · British · DOB 11/1935 · age 91	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Mary Agnes Green Individual · British · DOB 05/1937 · age 89	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Iain Green Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

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KINGSBURGH FOREST TRUST→ SC227429 · est 2002 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	83	75y
MJM (FARMERS) LIMITED→ SC288996 · est 2005	—	—	£1.80M	—	20y	83	71y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-03-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Corskie Farm

Garmouth

Moray

IV32 7NN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-17

Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

GREEN, Iain→

secretary · appointed 1998-03-13

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Active

GREEN, Iain→

director · ~59y · appointed 1998-03-13

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Active

GREEN, James→

director · ~91y · appointed 1998-03-13

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Active

GREEN, Mary Agnes→

director · ~89y · appointed 1998-03-13

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Active

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-04 · resigned 1998-03-13

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1998-03-04 · resigned 1998-03-13

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	29/12/2025	—
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Standard security	1 property	17/07/2009	—

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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-31

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mortgage · MR01

2026-01-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-19

move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address

address · AD04

2025-07-08

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-16

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-10-30

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2023-03-20

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-03-20

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-03-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-16

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-10-13