BOOMHOUR BROOK FOREST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC335637 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-27

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒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: SIC 02100

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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 18.4y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 18.4 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 (79/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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2022-12-23
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2021-12-21
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2021-05-12
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2021-05-12
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2021-05-10
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2021-05-10
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2021-05-10
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2021-04-20
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WILSON, Alan Matthew appointed
secretary
2021-04-20
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MCCORT, Janette Leckie resigned
secretary
2021-03-29
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2020-09-08
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2020-09-08
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2019-12-23
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2018-12-31
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2014-07-11
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MCCORT, Gillian Janet appointed
director
2014-07-11
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MCCORT, Janette Leckie appointed
director
2014-07-11
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WILSON, Alan Matthew appointed
director
2014-07-11
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MCCORT, William Hayden resigned
director
2008-01-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Arcade Building Services Limited
2007-12-27
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Company incorporated
As BOOMHOUR BROOK FOREST LIMITED
2007-12-27
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MCCORT, Janette Leckie appointed
secretary
2007-12-27
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MCCORT, William Hayden appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mr Alan Matthew Wilson Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	20/04/2021
Miss Gillian Janet Mccort Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	20/04/2021

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Janette Leckie Mccortceased 20/04/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Miss Gillian Janet Mccortceased 03/09/2020· significant influence
Arcade Building Services Limitedceased 03/09/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2007-12-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

The Grange, Greenlaw Road

Newton Mearns

Glasgow

East Renfrewshire

G77 6SL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-03

Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

WILSON, Alan Matthew→

secretary · appointed 2021-04-20

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Active

MCCORT, Gillian Janet→

director · ~54y · appointed 2014-07-11

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Active

MCCORT, Janette Leckie→

director · ~81y · appointed 2014-07-11

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Active

WILSON, Alan Matthew→

director · ~65y · appointed 2014-07-11

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Active

MCCORT, Janette Leckie→

secretary · appointed 2007-12-27 · resigned 2021-04-20

Resigned

MCCORT, William Hayden→

director · ~84y · appointed 2007-12-27 · resigned 2014-07-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Arcade Building Services Arcade Building Services Limited	Bond & floating charge	1 property	31/01/2008	—

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