STRONE CROFT LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC608181 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-14

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£57.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

15 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £57,489

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£57k

↑ 43% YoY

Current Assets

£71k

↓ 3.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£69.5k	£60.3k
Current assets	£70.8k	£73.6k
Net assets	£57.5k	£40.3k

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

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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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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officers · CH01
2025-06-06
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accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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accounts · AA
2023-06-27
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accounts · AA
2022-06-08
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accounts · AA
2021-06-14
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2020-06-01
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accounts · AA
2018-09-14
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Company incorporated
As STRONE CROFT LTD
2018-09-14
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FALCONER, Lisa appointed
director
2018-09-14
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ROSS, Peter William appointed
director
2018-09-14
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100

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 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter William Ross Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1966 · age 60	25–50%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	14/09/2018
Mrs Lisa Ross Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1972 · age 54	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	14/09/2018

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

Incorporated2018-09-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Carn Sgulain

Strone Road

Newtonmore

Inverness-Shire

PH20 1BA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-18

Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FALCONER, Lisa→

director · ~54y · appointed 2018-09-14

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ROSS, Peter William→

director · ~60y · appointed 2018-09-14

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