YIELDSHIELDS TREE SURGEONS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC403906 · ltd · incorporated 2011-07-21

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£-8.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 02400

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £8,726

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£9k

↑ 9.8% YoY

Current Assets

£1k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£-8.7k	£-7.4k
Current assets	£1.1k	—
Cash	—	£303
Net assets	£-8.7k	£-9.7k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 2 gazette

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-20
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officers · CH01
2025-10-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-04
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gazette · DISS40
2025-09-30
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gazette · GAZ1
2024-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
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gazette · DISS40
2023-10-10
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-08
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accounts · AA
2015-10-01
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QUINN-BOYLE, James appointed
director
2011-07-21
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Company incorporated
As YIELDSHIELDS TREE SURGEONS LTD
2011-07-21
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QUINN-BOYLE, Denise appointed
director
2011-07-21
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COSEC LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-07-21
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COSEC LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-07-21
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MCMEEKIN, James Stuart appointed
director
2011-07-21
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MCMEEKIN, James Stuart resigned
director
2011-07-21
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COSEC LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2011-07-21
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COSEC LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

81/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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 15 years.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Denise Quinn-Boyle Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	21/07/2016

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

Incorporated2011-07-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

. Middle Hope Farm

Carluke

Lanarkshire

ML8 4QY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-04

Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

QUINN-BOYLE, Denise→

director · ~69y · appointed 2011-07-21

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Active

QUINN-BOYLE, James→

director · ~67y · appointed 2015-10-01

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Active

COSEC LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-07-21 · resigned 2011-07-21

Resigned

MCMEEKIN, James Stuart→

director · ~59y · appointed 2011-07-21 · resigned 2011-07-21

Resigned

COSEC LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2011-07-21 · resigned 2011-07-21

Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-04-30

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gazette · DISS40

2026-01-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-01-29

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-28

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-10-20

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-10-20

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-10-20

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-10-20

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-10-04

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-31

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2023-10-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-16