PRENDERGUEST FARM LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC404626 · ltd · incorporated 2011-08-02
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 14.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£1.07M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.7y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
45 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,071,237
Net assets shrinking
Down £139,368 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£1.1m
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£298k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.41M | £1.39M |
| Current assets | £298.3k | £235.1k |
| Net assets | £1.07M | £1.21M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-02📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-10-29📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-06-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-24🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2014-04-09➖LINDSAY, Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2012-05-31🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Energiekontor UK Limited
- 2011-12-21🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2011-10-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2011-08-02🏢Company incorporatedAs PRENDERGUEST FARM LIMITED
- 2011-08-02➕LINDSAY, Alistair Watson appointeddirector
- 2011-08-02➕NICOLSON, Johanna Kirsty appointeddirector
- 2011-08-02➕STEPHENS, Diana Morag appointeddirector
- 2011-08-02➕LINDSAY, Elizabeth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alistair Watson Lindsay Individual · British · DOB 08/1938 · age 88 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| LINDISFARNE LUING LIMITED→ 07449519 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
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7 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
Incorporated2011-08-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
Prenderguest
Prenderguest Farm, Ayton
Eyemouth
Berwickshire
TD14 5RW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-16
Last: 2025-06-02
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
LINDSAY, Alistair Watson→
Activedirector · ~88y · appointed 2011-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NICOLSON, Johanna Kirsty→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2011-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STEPHENS, Diana Morag→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2011-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LINDSAY, Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · appointed 2011-08-02 · resigned 2014-04-09
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Energiekontor UK Energiekontor UK Limited | Standard security | 1 property | 31/05/2012 | 24/09/2014 | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 21/12/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 18/10/2011 | — |
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Recent filings (45 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-30