SOILESSENTIALS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC203822 · ltd · incorporated 2000-02-10
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 18.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£1.16M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 33200SIC 33200
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 65). 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 18.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.7 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, 3 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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
68 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,164,548
Cash YoY
+14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£570k
↑ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↑ 33% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£233k£466k£699k£932k£1.2mJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Cash£570.0k£502.2k
Net assets£1.16M£874.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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  2. 2025-04-28
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  3. 2025-04-28
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    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-04-28
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    Charge satisfied #2
  5. 2025-04-28
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2024-10-29
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  7. 2023-08-03
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  8. 2022-10-24
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  9. 2022-01-10
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  10. 2021-10-29
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  11. 2021-01-28
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  12. 2020-02-07
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    RALSTON, Graham Scott appointed
    director
  13. 2019-10-09
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  14. 2018-10-31
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  15. 2017-10-24
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  16. 2016-11-08
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  17. 2016-02-15
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  18. 2016-01-20
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  19. 2014-02-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  20. 2009-08-27
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    WATSON, Robert Roy resigned
    director
  21. 2009-06-18
    ➕
    WILSON, James Alexander appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-06-18
    ➖
    WATSON, Robert Roy resigned
    secretary
  23. 2007-07-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  24. 2000-02-10
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    Company incorporated
    As SOILESSENTIALS LIMITED
  25. 2000-02-10
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Robert Nicholas appointed
    director
  26. 2000-02-10
    ➕
    WILSON, James Alexander appointed
    director
  27. 2000-02-10
    ➕
    WATSON, Robert Roy appointed
    secretary
  28. 2000-02-10
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2000-02-10
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2000-02-10
    ➕
    WATSON, Robert Roy 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Robert Nicholas Ramsay
Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr James Alexander Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-02-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

Hilton Of Fern Farm
Fern
Brechin
Angus
DD9 6SB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

WILSON, James Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2009-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RALSTON, Graham Scott→
director · ~43y · appointed 2020-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAMSAY, Robert Nicholas→
director · ~58y · appointed 2000-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, James Alexander→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATSON, Robert Roy→
secretary · appointed 2000-02-10 · resigned 2009-06-18
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-02-10 · resigned 2000-02-10
Resigned
WATSON, Robert Roy→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-02-10 · resigned 2009-08-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property11/02/201428/04/2025
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property31/07/200728/04/2025

Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-28