MARSHALL'S FARM SHOP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC368670 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-17
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47240Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 1.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 103 | 9000 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-02📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-11-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-11-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lorraine Christine Grant
- 2024-10-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2024-10-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-13➕MACKINTOSH, Christine Louise appointeddirector
- 2020-11-13➕MARSHALL, Shona Jane appointeddirector
- 2020-11-13➕STUART, Julie Ann appointeddirector
- 2020-11-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-11-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-11-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-25➕STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2016-02-25➖LC SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-11-20➕MARSHALL, Kenneth Duncan appointeddirector
- 2009-11-20➕MARSHALL, Moira appointeddirector
- 2009-11-20➖LEIPER, Pamela Summers resigneddirector
- 2009-11-17🏢Company incorporatedAs MARSHALL'S FARM SHOP LIMITED
- 2009-11-17➕LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-11-17➕LEIPER, Pamela Summers appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MARSHALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
63/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-11-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47210 — Retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialised stores
Registered office
28 Albyn Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1YL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24
Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)
STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2016-02-25
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MACKINTOSH, Christine Louise→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2020-11-13
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MARSHALL, Kenneth Duncan→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2009-11-20
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MARSHALL, Moira→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2009-11-20
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MARSHALL, Shona Jane→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2020-11-13
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STUART, Julie Ann→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2020-11-13
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LC SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2009-11-17 · resigned 2016-02-25
LEIPER, Pamela Summers→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2009-11-17 · resigned 2009-11-20
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lorraine Christine Grant | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/11/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (68 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-12-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-30