MAESQUOY FARMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC343177 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-21
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£657.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01420
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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

2 live charges · oldest 17.7y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.7 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 (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £657,563
Cash YoY
+408%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£87k
↑ 408% YoY
Net Worth
£658k
↑ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£818k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£164k£327k£491k£655k£818kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£954.0k£788.4k
Current assets£818.2k£654.6k
Cash£87.4k£17.2k
Debtors£131.8k£59.9k
Net assets£657.6k£477.5k

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

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 3 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-04-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-04-24
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-01-22
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2022-02-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  10. 2022-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-03
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-14
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-16
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-17
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-10-01
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    SINCLAIR, Edwin resigned
    director
  19. 2008-08-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2008-05-21
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    Company incorporated
    As MAESQUOY FARMS LIMITED
  21. 2008-05-21
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Annette appointed
    secretary
  22. 2008-05-21
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Annette appointed
    director
  23. 2008-05-21
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, James Edwin appointed
    director
  24. 2008-05-21
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Edwin 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Edwin Sinclair
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Annette Sinclair
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
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
Incorporated2008-05-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01420 — SIC 01420

Registered office

Maesquoy
Harray
Orkney
KW17 2LE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-04
Last: 2025-05-21

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SINCLAIR, Annette→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-21
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Active
SINCLAIR, Annette→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-05-21
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Active
SINCLAIR, James Edwin→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-05-21
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Active
SINCLAIR, Edwin→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-05-21 · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge2 properties15/02/2022—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property25/08/2008—
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Recent filings (45 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-03