OSADO FARM MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC378348 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees300300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-02-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-10-07
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-06-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-05-11
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    Company incorporated
    As OSADO FARM MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  17. 2010-05-11
    ABL (SECRETARIES) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2010-05-11
    CHEAPE, Angus Geoffrey Bruce appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Osado Real Estate Investments Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Osado Real Estate Investments Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
OSADO FARM MANAGEMENT LIMITED
This company · SC378348

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Osado Real Estate Investments Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares11/05/2017
Mr Urs Daniel Hanselmann
Individual · Liechtenstein Citizen · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest10/02/2026
Mr Andreas Ignaz Shurti
Individual · Liechtenstein Citizen · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest10/02/2026

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
Incorporated2010-05-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Bordeaux House
31 Kinnoull Street
Perth
Perthshire
PH1 5EN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-21
Last: 2025-05-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ABL (SECRETARIES) LTD
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-05-11
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Active
CHEAPE, Angus Geoffrey Bruce
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-05-11
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Active

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Recent filings (35 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-26