CAWDOR FORESTRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC218848 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£468.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
79 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 £468,915
Cash YoY
+20%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£245k
↑ 20% YoY
Net Worth
£469k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£94k£188k£281k£375k£469kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Cash£244.8k£203.4k
Net assets£468.9k£464.6k

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.

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
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-12-04
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-19
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    CAWDOR, Angelika Ilona, Lady resigned
    director
  9. 2022-07-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2011-10-31
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    RIVERS, Matthew Justice resigned
    director
  18. 2011-09-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2001-07-04
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Colin Robert Vaughan appointed
    director
  20. 2001-07-04
    ➕
    CONNOLLY, Stephen Hall appointed
    director
  21. 2001-07-04
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    CAWDOR, Angelika Ilona, Lady appointed
    director
  22. 2001-05-03
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    Company incorporated
    As CAWDOR FORESTRY LIMITED
  23. 2001-05-03
    ➕
    HAMILTON, Marion appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-05-03
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-05-03
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-05-03
    ➕
    RIVERS, Matthew Justice appointed
    director
  27. 2001-05-03
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2001-05-03
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Earl Cawdor Colin Robert Vaughan Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
50–75%
—50-75% shares03/05/2016

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
Incorporated2001-05-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

Cawdor Estate Office
Cawdor
By Nairn
Nairnshire
IV12 5RE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

HAMILTON, Marion→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMPBELL, Colin Robert Vaughan→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CONNOLLY, Stephen Hall→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-03 · resigned 2001-05-03
Resigned
CAWDOR, Angelika Ilona, Lady→
director · ~82y · appointed 2001-07-04 · resigned 2022-07-19
Resigned
RIVERS, Matthew Justice→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-05-03 · resigned 2011-10-31
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-03 · resigned 2001-05-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property21/09/2011—
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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04