NUTRISCOT LTD.

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SC302822 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-24
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£341.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £341,626
Cash YoY
+358%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£304k
↑ 358% YoY
Net Worth
£342k
↑ 8.9% YoY
Current Assets
£968k
↓ 8.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£212k£425k£637k£849k£1.1mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£341.6k£313.8k
Current assets£967.7k£1.06M
Cash£304.3k£66.4k
Debtors£661.7k£990.1k
Net assets£341.6k£313.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2024-08-21
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  3. 2024-02-15
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  4. 2022-10-13
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  5. 2021-11-02
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  6. 2021-04-08
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    address · AD01
  7. 2020-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-11
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  9. 2018-10-31
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  10. 2017-10-30
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  11. 2016-11-02
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  12. 2016-06-13
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  13. 2015-11-09
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  14. 2015-06-03
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  15. 2014-11-03
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  16. 2014-05-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2007-07-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  18. 2006-05-24
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    Company incorporated
    As NUTRISCOT LTD.
  19. 2006-05-24
    ➕
    HUTTON, Heather Helen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-05-24
    ➕
    HUTTON, Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2006-05-24
    ➕
    HUTTON, Heather Helen appointed
    director
  22. 2006-05-24
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-05-24
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-05-24
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-05-24
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Hutton
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Heather Hutton
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-05-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

16 Chapelpark Road
Ayr
KA7 2TZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-05
Last: 2025-05-22

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HUTTON, Heather Helen→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUTTON, Andrew→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-05-24
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Active
HUTTON, Heather Helen→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-05-24 · resigned 2006-05-24
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-05-24 · resigned 2006-05-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property10/07/2007—
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Recent filings (63 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-05