SUSIAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC300060 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-31

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£462.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -42% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £462,324

Cash draining

Cash down 42% YoY

Cash YoY

-42%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 42% YoY

Net Worth

£462k

↑ 2.8% YoY

Current Assets

£16k

↑ 86% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Total assets	£462.3k	£449.5k
Current assets	£15.9k	£8.6k
Cash	£4.0k	£6.9k
Debtors	£11.9k	£1.7k
Net assets	£462.3k	£449.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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 (25 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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2021-12-23
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2021-06-04
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2019-12-05
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2018-08-29
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2006-03-31
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Company incorporated
As SUSIAN LIMITED
2006-03-31
➕
DUTHIE, Susan appointed
secretary
2006-03-31
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DUTHIE, Ian appointed
director
2006-03-31
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DUTHIE, Susan appointed
director
2006-03-31
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-03-31
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-03-31
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-03-31
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ian Duthie Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Susan Duthie Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-03-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

3 Burns Crescent

Fraserburgh

AB43 7AG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DUTHIE, Susan→

secretary · appointed 2006-03-31

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Active

DUTHIE, Ian→

director · ~51y · appointed 2006-03-31

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Active

DUTHIE, Susan→

director · ~49y · appointed 2006-03-31

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-03-31

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-03-31

Resigned

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