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 18.5y 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 material changes in the last 90 days.

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 18.5y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.5 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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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2023-12-11
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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

83/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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
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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