REIVER COUNTRY FARM FOODS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC200159 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-23
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£343.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of meat and meat products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

3 live charges · oldest 26.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £343,090
Cash YoY
+93%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£224k
↑ 93% YoY
Net Worth
£343k
↑ 98% YoY
Current Assets
£326k
↑ 73% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£69k£137k£206k£274k£343kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£386.4k£228.3k
Current assets£326.4k£189.0k
Cash£224.1k£116.0k
Debtors£67.2k£43.2k
Net assets£343.1k£173.0k

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

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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-10
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  2. 2025-07-10
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  4. 2024-10-23
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  5. 2023-10-23
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  6. 2022-11-21
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  7. 2021-09-01
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  8. 2020-09-16
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  9. 2020-09-14
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  10. 2020-09-14
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  11. 2020-09-14
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  12. 2020-09-14
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  13. 2019-10-28
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  14. 2018-08-20
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  15. 2017-10-16
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  16. 2016-11-28
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  17. 2011-07-01
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    Charge satisfied #3
  18. 2002-08-19
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2000-07-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2000-05-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 1999-10-04
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    PATE, Andrew Arthur William appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-10-04
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    MARSHALL, Adam George, Mr. appointed
    director
  23. 1999-10-04
    ➕
    PATE, Andrew Arthur William appointed
    director
  24. 1999-10-04
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-10-04
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1999-09-23
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    Company incorporated
    As REIVER COUNTRY FARM FOODS LTD.
  27. 1999-09-23
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1999-09-23
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Adam George Marshall
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr. Andrew Arthur William Pate
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-09-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46320 — Wholesale of meat and meat products

Registered office

Slighhouses
Duns
Berwickshire
TD11 3QA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-07
Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PATE, Andrew Arthur William→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-04
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Active
MARSHALL, Adam George, Mr.→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-10-04
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Active
PATE, Andrew Arthur William→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-10-04
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-23 · resigned 1999-10-04
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-23 · resigned 1999-10-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge2 properties19/08/200201/07/2011
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property07/07/2000—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property09/05/2000—
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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
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2022-11-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-14