THE LINTONBANK COUNTRY ESTATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC267733 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-11

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 May 2025

Net worth

£-11.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01450

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 (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -59% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £11,939

Cash draining

Cash down 59% YoY

Cash YoY

-59%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2k

↓ 59% YoY

Net Worth

-£12k

↓ 30% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↓ 50% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£-11.9k	£-9.2k
Current assets	£3.1k	£6.3k
Cash	£2.1k	£5.1k
Debtors	£1.0k	£1.2k
Net assets	£-11.9k	£-9.2k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-02-12
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2024-10-04
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2023-10-05
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2023-02-21
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2023-02-21
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2023-02-21
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2022-07-21
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2022-01-17
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2021-11-25
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address · AD01
2021-05-26
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2021-05-19
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A & W M URQUHART resigned
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2021-05-19
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address · AD01
2021-05-19
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officers · TM02
2020-09-02
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2019-08-12
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2004-05-11
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Company incorporated
As THE LINTONBANK COUNTRY ESTATE LIMITED
2004-05-11
➕
REID, Lynette Rosemary appointed
director
2004-05-11
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REID, Thomas James Peter appointed
director
2004-05-11
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WAKEFORD, Chloe Elizabeth appointed
director
2004-05-11
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A & W M URQUHART appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-05-11
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
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2004-05-11
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2004-05-11
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2004-05-11
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lynette Rosemary Reid Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/05/2016
Mrs Chloe Elizabeth Wakeford Individual · British · DOB 02/1981 · age 45	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/05/2016
Mr Thomas James Peter Reid Individual · British · DOB 12/1982 · age 44	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/05/2016

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

Incorporated2004-05-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01450 — SIC 01450

Registered office

5 South Charlotte Street

Edinburgh

EH2 4AN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-25

Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

REID, Lynette Rosemary→

director · ~76y · appointed 2004-05-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

REID, Thomas James Peter→

director · ~44y · appointed 2004-05-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WAKEFORD, Chloe Elizabeth→

director · ~45y · appointed 2004-05-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

A & W M URQUHART→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-05-11 · resigned 2021-05-19

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-11 · resigned 2004-05-11

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-11 · resigned 2004-05-11

Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-12

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-04

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-10-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-12

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-02-21

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-02-21

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-02-21

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officers · CH01

2023-02-21

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officers · CH01

2023-02-21

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officers · CH01

2023-02-21

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-02-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-07-21