ECHT SKENE & MIDMAR AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

🌳Matureactive

SC267257 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2004-04-29

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

75 officers (15 active, 75 linked, 69 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

209 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-28	2023-10-28
Average employees	0	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (158 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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officers · AP01
2025-12-17
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WILKIE, Stuart Ian appointed
director
2025-07-28
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accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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officers · AP01
2024-12-02
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officers · AP01
2024-12-02
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officers · TM01
2024-11-29
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officers · AP01
2024-11-29
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officers · AP01
2024-11-27
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officers · TM01
2024-11-27
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officers · TM01
2024-11-11
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BROWN, Marion Isobel appointed
director
2024-11-11
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BROWN, Scott Neil appointed
director
2024-11-11
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SMITH, Fiona Carnegie appointed
director
2024-11-11
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TROUP, John Allan appointed
director
2024-11-11
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BROWN, Alison Anne resigned
director
2024-11-11
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LAING, Jennifer Marion resigned
director
2024-11-11
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PHILLIPS, Sarah Anne resigned
director
2024-03-25
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officers · AP01
2024-03-18
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CUTHILL, Teresa Ann appointed
director
2024-02-19
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accounts · AA
2023-12-11
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officers · TM01
2023-12-05
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SMITH, Karina Jane resigned
director
2023-11-29
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officers · AP01
2023-11-28
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2023-11-27
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2023-11-23
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officers · TM01
2023-11-23
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2023-11-23
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2023-11-23
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2023-11-23
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officers · AP01
2023-11-13
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KEITH, Lynn appointed
director
2023-11-13
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LOVIE, Christopher Graham appointed
director
2023-11-13
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MATHERS, Ann Marie appointed
director
2023-11-13
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BROWN, Marion Isobel resigned
director
2023-11-13
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SHEPHERD, Claire Margaret resigned
director
2023-11-13
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SMITH, Karina Jane appointed
director
2023-11-13
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TROUP, Brian Clark resigned
director
2023-05-01
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officers · CH01
2023-02-14
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accounts · AA
2022-11-13
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ADAM, Kevin Stuart resigned
director
2022-11-07
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DOW, Nicol Gordon appointed
director
2022-11-07
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TROUP, Alison Ann resigned
director
2022-11-07
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WALKER, Tracey Elaine resigned
director
2021-11-09
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LAING, Jennifer Marion appointed
director
2021-11-09
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MILLER, Ian Frank resigned
director
2021-11-09
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PHILLIPS, Sarah Anne appointed
director
2021-11-09
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SHEPHERD, Emma Louise resigned
director
2020-11-18
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BROWN, Marion Isobel appointed
director
2020-11-09
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ADAM, Kevin Stuart appointed
director
2020-11-09
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SHEPHERD, Claire Margaret appointed
director

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Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-14 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2004-04-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Cluny Mill Croft

Ordhead

Inverurie

AB51 7QX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-28

Last made up to: 2024-10-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-13

Last: 2025-04-29