DUKESWOOD NURSERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC483800 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-07
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 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 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 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
75
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
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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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees6500

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 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-28
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  4. 2024-08-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-08-28
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-08-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-16
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2022-11-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2022-11-16
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  12. 2022-11-16
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    capital · SH08
  13. 2022-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-08-07
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    Company incorporated
    As DUKESWOOD NURSERY LIMITED
  19. 2014-08-07
    ➕
    HENDERSON, Marjorie appointed
    director
  20. 2014-08-07
    ➕
    MILLAR, Stewart George appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Marjorie Henderson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Stewart George Millar
Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-08-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

24 Dunnichen Road Kingsmuir
Forfar
Angus
DD8 2RQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HENDERSON, Marjorie→
director · ~77y · appointed 2014-08-07
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Active
MILLAR, Stewart George→
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-08-07
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Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-11-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-16
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-11-16
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-11-16