OSSQUOY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC280120 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-17
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 18.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01420
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 3 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 3 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-07
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2026-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-27
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2017-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-06-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  18. 2005-02-17
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    Company incorporated
    As OSSQUOY LIMITED
  19. 2005-02-17
    ➕
    NICHOLSON, Yvonne appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-02-17
    ➕
    NICHOLSON, Charles appointed
    director
  21. 2005-02-17
    ➕
    NICHOLSON, Graham Charles appointed
    director
  22. 2005-02-17
    ➕
    NICHOLSON, Michael Leslie appointed
    director
  23. 2005-02-17
    ➕
    NICHOLSON, Yvonne appointed
    director
  24. 2005-02-17
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-02-17
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +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

85/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-03

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-02-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01420 — SIC 01420

Registered office

Quoys
South Ronaldsay
Orkney
KW17 2QH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-03OVERDUE
Last: 2025-02-17

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

NICHOLSON, Yvonne→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-17
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Active
NICHOLSON, Charles→
director · ~75y · appointed 2005-02-17
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Active
NICHOLSON, Graham Charles→
director · ~48y · appointed 2005-02-17
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Active
NICHOLSON, Michael Leslie→
director · ~44y · appointed 2005-02-17
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Active
NICHOLSON, Yvonne→
director · ~75y · appointed 2005-02-17
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-02-17 · resigned 2005-02-17
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
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property29/06/2007—
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Recent filings (56 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-07
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-25