TIMBERTRANS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC548316 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-21
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£626.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02400
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £626,284

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£112k
Net Worth
£626k
↑ 75% YoY
Current Assets
£371k
↓ 1.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£125k£251k£376k£501k£626kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£1.26M£959.4k
Current assets£370.5k£377.4k
Cash£111.6k—
Debtors£209.8k—
Net assets£626.3k£357.4k

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

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. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-17
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2018-01-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-01-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2018-01-16
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2017-09-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-09-01
    ➕
    DOHERTY, Michael Francis appointed
    director
  16. 2016-10-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2016-10-21
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    Company incorporated
    As TIMBERTRANS LTD
  18. 2016-10-21
    ➕
    HARPER, Barry James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr. Michael Francis Doherty
Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/01/2018
Mr Barry James Harper
Individual · British · DOB 09/1986 · age 40
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/10/2016

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
Incorporated2016-10-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

Woodlands House Tarbart Yard, Milton
Kildary
Invergordon
Scotland
IV18 0NF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DOHERTY, Michael Francis→
director · ~47y · appointed 2017-09-01
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Active
HARPER, Barry James→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-10-21
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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-20