AYRSHIRE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

🌳Matureactive

SC300530 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2006-04-10

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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not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01629

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

30 officers (22 active, 30 linked, 29 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 14 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 14 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand

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DUNLOP, Andrew Logan appointed
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2026-02-13
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2026-02-10
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ALLAN, Diane Lilias appointed
director
2024-11-25
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BARCLAY, John Jamieson appointed
director
2024-11-25
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CRAIG, Thomas Allan appointed
director
2024-11-25
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DUNLOP, John Kirkland appointed
director
2024-11-25
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GARLAND, Jennifer Ann appointed
director
2024-11-25
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GATHERER, George appointed
director
2024-11-25
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GILMOUR, David Weir Mcnaught appointed
director
2024-11-25
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HOWAT, Margaret Strathearn appointed
director
2024-11-25
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KENNEDY, Sheena Reid appointed
director
2024-11-25
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MACLEAN, Andrew Henderson appointed
director
2024-11-25
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MAIR, Colin William appointed
director
2024-11-25
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MAIR, James appointed
director
2024-11-25
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MCDOWALL, Shaun Thomas appointed
director
2024-11-25
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MONTGOMERIE, Isabell Allison appointed
director
2024-11-25
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PEACOCK, Alistair Macmillan appointed
director
2024-11-25
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WALLACE, Rodney Reid appointed
director
2024-11-25
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WATSON, Hugh Sloan appointed
director
2024-11-25
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WATT, Robert Thomas Andrews appointed
director
2024-11-25
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WILSON, Brian Alexander appointed
director
2024-07-23
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CUNNINGHAM, William resigned
director
2022-11-21
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SCOTT, Gareth William appointed
director
2022-11-21
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BARCLAY, John Jamieson resigned
director
2022-11-21
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CUNNINGHAM, William appointed
director
2022-11-21
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O'NEIL, Ryan resigned
director
2019-11-12
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BARCLAY, John Jamieson appointed
director
2018-11-13
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O'NEIL, Ryan appointed
director

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Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-21 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lorraine Janet Murdoch Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest	20/04/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2006-04-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

Maple Park Kilmarnock Road

Monkton

Prestwick

South Ayrshire

KA9 2RJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-13

Last: 2026-03-30