INVERAWE ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC327337 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-05
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£74.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02100SIC 02100
  • 03120SIC 03120
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £74,028
Cash YoY
+32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£11k
↑ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£74k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£15k£30k£44k£59k£74kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£74.1k£61.7k
Current assets£13.3k£10.6k
Cash£11.3k£8.6k
Debtors£2.0k£2.0k
Net assets£74.0k£61.7k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-25
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  2. 2024-05-31
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  3. 2023-09-27
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  4. 2022-10-14
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  5. 2021-08-09
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  6. 2021-08-09
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  8. 2021-08-09
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  9. 2021-08-09
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  10. 2021-08-09
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  11. 2021-06-08
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  12. 2020-10-02
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  13. 2019-08-02
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  14. 2018-10-26
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  15. 2017-10-31
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  16. 2016-07-01
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    CAMPBELL-PRESTON, Rosalind Mary appointed
    director
  17. 2016-07-01
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    CAMPBELL-PRESTON, Rosalind Mary resigned
    director
  18. 2007-07-05
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    Company incorporated
    As INVERAWE ESTATES LIMITED
  19. 2007-07-05
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    CAMPBELL-PRESTON, Rosalind Mary appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-07-05
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    CAMPBELL-PRESTON, Robert Grenfell appointed
    director
  21. 2007-07-05
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    CAMPBELL-PRESTON, Rosalind Mary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Robert Grenfell Campbell-Preston
Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Rosalind Mary Campbell-Preston
Individual · British · DOB 03/1949 · age 77
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
Incorporated2007-07-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Alt Na Dubh
Inverawe
Taynuilt
PA35 1HU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

CAMPBELL-PRESTON, Rosalind Mary→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-05
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Active
CAMPBELL-PRESTON, Robert Grenfell→
director · ~78y · appointed 2007-07-05
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Active
CAMPBELL-PRESTON, Rosalind Mary→
director · ~77y · appointed 2016-07-01
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Active
CAMPBELL-PRESTON, Rosalind Mary→
director · ~81y · appointed 2007-07-05 · resigned 2016-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

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2025-08-19
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2025-04-25
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2024-08-23
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2024-05-31
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accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
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accounts · AA
2022-10-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-08-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-09
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officers · CH01
2021-08-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-09
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address · AD01
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