MIDDLETON OF RORA DAIRY PRODUCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC532571 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-13
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
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year to Apr 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 10512
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
25 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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees600800

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-05
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2024-04-02
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  5. 2024-03-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2024-03-26
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2023-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-09
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    address · AD01
  15. 2016-04-13
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    Company incorporated
    As MIDDLETON OF RORA DAIRY PRODUCE LIMITED
  16. 2016-04-13
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    MACKIE, Bruce Clark appointed
    director
  17. 2016-04-13
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    MACKIE, Jane Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2016-04-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bruce Clark Mackie
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting13/04/2016
Mrs Jane Elizabeth Mackie
Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting13/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-04-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10512 — SIC 10512

Registered office

Westby
64 West High Street
Forfar
DD8 1BJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACKIE, Bruce Clark→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-04-13
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Active
MACKIE, Jane Elizabeth→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-04-13
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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-05
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-04-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-26
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04