OLD CASTLE WOOD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC271181 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-27

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
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

1 signal 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 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-04-27
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2025-04-16
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2024-04-17
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2023-03-31
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2022-04-06
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2021-06-08
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2020-02-06
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2019-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-08-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2015-11-11
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accounts · AA
2015-08-18
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annual-return · AR01
2015-08-18
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officers · CH01
2006-01-24
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ROSS, Angus James appointed
secretary
2006-01-24
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ASHCROFT, David Alexander appointed
director
2006-01-24
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BECHTEL, Trevor Thomas appointed
director
2006-01-24
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ROSS, Angus James appointed
director
2006-01-24
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VOYSEY, Piers appointed
director
2006-01-24
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GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-01-24
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YOUNG, Donald resigned
director
2006-01-23
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GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-01-23
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GILLESPIE MACANDREW WS resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-07-27
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Company incorporated
As OLD CASTLE WOOD LIMITED
2004-07-27
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WORRELL, Richard appointed
director
2004-07-27
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GILLESPIE MACANDREW WS appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-07-27
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YOUNG, Donald appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — 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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-07-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

The Workshop

Burnside

Aberfeldy

Perthshire

PH15 2AU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-10

Last: 2025-07-27

Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)

ROSS, Angus James→

secretary · appointed 2006-01-24

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Active

ASHCROFT, David Alexander→

director · ~59y · appointed 2006-01-24

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Active

BECHTEL, Trevor Thomas→

director · ~56y · appointed 2006-01-24

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Active

ROSS, Angus James→

director · ~63y · appointed 2006-01-24

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Active

VOYSEY, Piers→

director · ~62y · appointed 2006-01-24

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Active

WORRELL, Richard→

director · ~69y · appointed 2004-07-27

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Active

GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-01-23 · resigned 2006-01-24

Resigned

GILLESPIE MACANDREW WS→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-07-27 · resigned 2006-01-23

Resigned

YOUNG, Donald→

director · ~80y · appointed 2004-07-27 · resigned 2006-01-24

Resigned

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