POLQUHAIRN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC424837 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-24
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01420
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01450SIC 01450
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 capital
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2026-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-12-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  4. 2025-12-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-12-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-05-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2017-05-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2017-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-05-24
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    Company incorporated
    As POLQUHAIRN LIMITED
  19. 2012-05-24
    ➕
    YOUNG, Adele Margaret appointed
    director
  20. 2012-05-24
    ➕
    YOUNG, Grant appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 65. 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 14 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-05-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01420 — SIC 01420

Registered office

Polquhairn Farm Sinclairston
Ochiltree
Cumnock
Ayrshire
KA18 2RT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

YOUNG, Adele Margaret→
director · ~52y · appointed 2012-05-24
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Active
YOUNG, Grant→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-05-24
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property26/05/2017—
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Recent filings (33 total)

capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-12-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03