GLENROSSAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC351176 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-12

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£2.77M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.3y

35/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Charge age ~3.3 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

11 officers (7 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,766,240

Net assets shrinking

Down £65,201 YoY

Cash YoY

-17%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£122k

↓ 17% YoY

Net Worth

£2.8m

↓ 2.3% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Cash	£122.0k	£146.3k
Net assets	£2.77M	£2.83M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2025-07-03
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accounts · AA
2024-06-19
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accounts · AA
2023-05-25
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accounts · AA
2023-03-09
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officers · AP01
2023-03-09
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officers · AP01
2023-03-07
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officers · CH01
2023-03-07
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2023-02-21
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HASSON, Sally appointed
director
2023-02-21
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TRAILL, Kate appointed
director
2023-02-21
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mortgage · MR01
2023-02-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Allt an Tuir Renewable Energy Park Limited
2023-02-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-07
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2023-02-07
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2023-02-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-29
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accounts · AA
2021-06-14
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accounts · AA
2020-12-03
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2019-07-08
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2011-12-31
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MORRISON, Susan Jane resigned
director
2009-10-21
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HASSON, Michael appointed
director
2008-11-14
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HASSON, Cheryl Diane appointed
secretary
2008-11-14
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HASSON, Cheryl Diane appointed
director
2008-11-14
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HASSON, Michael Macfarlane appointed
director
2008-11-14
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MURRAY, Ronald Mcleod appointed
director
2008-11-14
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-11-14
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MORRISON, Susan Jane appointed
director
2008-11-14
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MUNRO, Donald John resigned
director
2008-11-14
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HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2008-11-12
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Company incorporated
As GLENROSSAL LIMITED
2008-11-12
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-11-12
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MUNRO, Donald John appointed
director
2008-11-12
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HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — 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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Hasson Individual · British · DOB 06/1977 · age 49	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	20/01/2023
Mrs Kate Traill Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	20/01/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Michael Macfarlane Hassonceased 20/01/2023· 50-75% shares

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

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Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
ASSYNT CROFTERS TRUST LIMITED→ SC140205 · est 1992	—	—	—	3	33y	83	88y
BLUE MOTION FISHING CO. LIMITED→ SC357414 · est 2009	—	—	£762.9k	—	17y	83	62y
BURGIE LODGE FARMS LIMITED→ SC031556 · est 1956	—	—	£1.67M	—	70y	83	73y
CAWDOR FORESTRY LIMITED→ SC218848 · est 2001	—	—	£468.9k	—	25y	83	64y
DINGWALL & HIGHLAND MARTS LIMITED→ SC154876 · est 1994	—	—	—	39	31y	83	81y
EASTER ROSS FARMERS LIMITED→ SC060125 · est 1976	—	—	—	100	50y	83	95y
KINGSBURGH FOREST TRUST→ SC227429 · est 2002 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	83	75y
MJM (FARMERS) LIMITED→ SC288996 · est 2005	—	—	£1.80M	—	20y	83	71y
STRATHNAIRN COMMUNITY WOODLANDS→ SC228026 · est 2002 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	83	71y
ACHLAIN ESTATES LIMITED→ SC138631 · est 1992	—	—	—	200	33y	82	67y
BRAHAN FARMS LIMITED→ SC048495 · est 1971	—	—	—	400	55y	82	84y
BRUCE MACKENZIE LIMITED→ SC157265 · est 1995	—	—	—	1	31y	82	60y

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-11-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

Glenrossal House

Rosehall

Lairg

Sutherland

IV27 4BG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-23

Last: 2026-02-09