IAN G DONALD (POTATOES) LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC331783 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-03

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£2.95M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01130

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,946,322

Cash YoY

+146%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£768k

↑ 146% YoY

Net Worth

£2.9m

↑ 29% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Cash	£767.9k	£312.8k
Net assets	£2.95M	£2.29M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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2025-04-09
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2025-01-10
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2024-05-23
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accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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accounts · AA
2022-10-18
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2022-10-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-31
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accounts · AA
2021-05-31
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accounts · AA
2020-03-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-03-16
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2020-03-16
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2020-03-16
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officers · CH01
2020-02-21
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accounts · AA
2019-12-10
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officers · CH01
2019-12-10
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officers · CH03
2019-12-10
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officers · CH01
2019-12-10
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2008-01-03
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-01-03
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-director
2007-10-03
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Company incorporated
As IAN G DONALD (POTATOES) LTD
2007-10-03
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DONALD, Mary Gordon appointed
secretary
2007-10-03
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DONALD, Alan Gordon appointed
director
2007-10-03
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DONALD, David appointed
director
2007-10-03
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-10-03
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

99/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DONALD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. Early succession window.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alan Gordon Donald Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
David Donald Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61	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

Incorporated2007-10-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130

Registered office

Hungryhills

Longmanhill

Banff

AB45 3RR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-13

Last: 2025-09-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DONALD, Mary Gordon→

secretary · appointed 2007-10-03

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Active

DONALD, Alan Gordon→

director · ~62y · appointed 2007-10-03

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Active

DONALD, David→

director · ~61y · appointed 2007-10-03

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-10-03 · resigned 2008-01-03

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-10-03 · resigned 2008-01-03

Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-09

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2025-01-10

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-05-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-05-31

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-10-18

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-10-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-05-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-05-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-24