KASTELRUTH RACING AND BREEDING LIMITED

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SC221720 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-31
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-366.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £366,153
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↑ 2.6% YoY
Net Worth
-£366k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↑ 45% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£366k-£288k-£211k-£133k-£55k£23kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-285.8k£-289.5k
Current assets£22.8k£15.8k
Cash£6.3k£6.2k
Debtors—£100
Net assets£-366.2k£-364.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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  2. 2025-12-08
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-08
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    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-12-05
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-12-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-04-14
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  7. 2023-11-22
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  8. 2023-01-30
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  9. 2022-04-14
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  10. 2022-02-07
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  11. 2021-04-28
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  12. 2020-01-06
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  13. 2019-03-15
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  14. 2018-01-17
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  15. 2017-04-07
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  16. 2014-11-14
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    BRAND, Petra appointed
    director
  17. 2012-05-01
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    BRAND, Hans Horst resigned
    director
  18. 2001-07-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KASTELRUTH RACING AND BREEDING LIMITED
  19. 2001-07-31
    ➕
    BRAND, Dieter Albert appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-07-31
    ➕
    BRAND, Dieter Albert appointed
    director
  21. 2001-07-31
    ➕
    BRAND, Hans Horst appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 68. 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dieter Albert Brand
Individual · German · DOB 01/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2001-07-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430

Registered office

6 Logie Mill
Beaverbank Business Park
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH7 4HG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BRAND, Dieter Albert→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-31
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Active
BRAND, Dieter Albert→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-07-31
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Active
BRAND, Petra→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-11-14
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Active
BRAND, Hans Horst→
director · ~75y · appointed 2001-07-31 · resigned 2012-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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2026-01-06
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officers · CH01
2025-12-08
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officers · CH03
2025-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
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accounts · AA
2025-04-14
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2024-08-02
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accounts · AA
2023-11-22
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2023-08-11
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accounts · AA
2023-01-30
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2022-08-02
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accounts · AA
2022-04-14
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accounts · AAMD
2022-02-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16