TARRADALE STONE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC333210 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-31

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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 (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

49 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 · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £424

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Operating profit	£-424	—
Profit before tax	£-424	—
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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accounts · AA
2024-12-27
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accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2022-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-09-11
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officers · TM01
2019-09-11
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-09-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-09-01
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MACGRUER, Ian resigned
secretary
2019-09-01
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MACGRUER, Ian resigned
director
2018-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-02
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annual-return · AR01
2007-10-31
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Company incorporated
As TARRADALE STONE LIMITED
2007-10-31
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KEMP, Roger Paul appointed
director
2007-10-31
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MACGRUER, Ian appointed
secretary
2007-10-31
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-10-31
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-10-31
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MACGRUER, Ian appointed
director
2007-10-31
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2007-10-31
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Roger Paul Kemp Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Ian Macgruerceased 23/08/2019· 25-50% shares

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

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-10-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Macdowall & Co.

Tulloch Street

Dingwall

Ross-Shire

IV15 9JY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

KEMP, Roger Paul→

director · ~72y · appointed 2007-10-31

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Active

MACGRUER, Ian→

secretary · appointed 2007-10-31 · resigned 2019-09-01

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-10-31 · resigned 2007-10-31

Resigned

MACGRUER, Ian→

director · ~79y · appointed 2007-10-31 · resigned 2019-09-01

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-10-31 · resigned 2007-10-31

Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

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

accounts · AA

2025-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-05