STRATHMORE POTATOES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC288865 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-12
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£726.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01640
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 20.5y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £726,210
Cash YoY
+478%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£378k
↑ 478% YoY
Net Worth
£726k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£145k£290k£436k£581k£726kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Cash£377.9k£65.3k
Net assets£726.2k£578.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-12
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  2. 2024-05-28
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  3. 2023-05-29
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  4. 2022-05-31
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  5. 2021-04-06
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  6. 2021-01-20
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  7. 2021-01-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2020-04-23
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  9. 2019-08-15
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2019-08-02
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    ALLISON, Niall resigned
    director
  11. 2019-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  12. 2019-04-10
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  13. 2019-04-10
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  14. 2019-04-10
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  16. 2019-04-10
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    officers · CH03
  17. 2018-05-29
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  18. 2016-05-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2016-05-11
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2012-03-01
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    ALLISON, Niall appointed
    director
  21. 2009-09-04
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2009-06-29
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2007-11-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2006-02-22
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    PIRIE, Carol Grace appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-10-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2005-08-15
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  27. 2005-08-15
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  28. 2005-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As STRATHMORE POTATOES LIMITED
  29. 2005-08-12
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    MCINTYRE, Stuart David appointed
    director
  30. 2005-08-12
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    PIRIE, Carol Grace appointed
    director
  31. 2005-08-12
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2005-08-12
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

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 65. 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 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.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart David Mcintyre
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence06/04/2016
Miss Carol Grace Pirie
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-08-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01640 — SIC 01640

Registered office

West Craig
Dundee Road
Forfar
Angus
DD8 1XE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

PIRIE, Carol Grace→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-22
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Active
MCINTYRE, Stuart David→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-08-12
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Active
PIRIE, Carol Grace→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-08-12 · resigned 2005-08-15
Resigned
ALLISON, Niall→
director · ~48y · appointed 2012-03-01 · resigned 2019-08-02
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-08-12 · resigned 2005-08-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property04/09/2009—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property29/06/2009—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property30/11/200711/05/2016
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property28/10/200513/05/2016
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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-23