SCOTLAY FREE RANGE EGG CO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC393426 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-14

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46330

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.7y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 14.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	700	700

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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accounts · AA
2024-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-18
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officers · TM01
2019-09-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-09-17
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DALRYMPLE, Elaine resigned
director
2018-12-21
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accounts · AA
2018-03-29
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accounts · AA01
2018-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-01-26
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accounts · AA
2016-03-14
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-14
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address · AD01
2012-05-03
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DALRYMPLE, Elaine appointed
director
2012-05-03
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RUTHERFORD, Stuart resigned
director
2011-09-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-02-14
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Company incorporated
As SCOTLAY FREE RANGE EGG CO LIMITED
2011-02-14
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DALRYMPLE, John appointed
director
2011-02-14
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-02-14
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-02-14
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2011-02-14
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director
2011-02-14
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RUTHERFORD, Stuart appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Dalrymple Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Elaine Dalrympleceased 17/09/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2011-02-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46330 — SIC 46330

Registered office

123 Irish Street

Dumfries

DG1 2PE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

DALRYMPLE, John→

director · ~58y · appointed 2011-02-14

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-02-14 · resigned 2011-02-14

Resigned

DALRYMPLE, Elaine→

director · ~58y · appointed 2012-05-03 · resigned 2019-09-17

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2011-02-14 · resigned 2011-02-14

Resigned

RUTHERFORD, Stuart→

director · ~42y · appointed 2011-02-14 · resigned 2012-05-03

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	01/09/2011	—

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