THE NORTH BERWICK FLOWER COMPANY LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC797704 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-05
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-1.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,558
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£210
Net Worth
-£2k
Current Assets
£3k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £19.1k |
| Current assets | £3.4k |
| Cash | £210 |
| Net assets | £-1.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-10-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-08-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-08-01➕MARSHALL, Paul Ernest Francis appointeddirector
- 2024-02-05🏢Company incorporatedAs THE NORTH BERWICK FLOWER COMPANY LTD
- 2024-02-05➕GOURLAY, Fay appointeddirector
- 2024-02-05📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Vivien Mary Marshall Individual · British · DOB 12/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 05/02/2024 |
Mr Paul Ernest Francis Marshall Individual · British · DOB 04/1947 · age 79 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 05/02/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APF INTERNATIONAL FOREST MACHINERY EXHIBITION LTD.→ SC228249 · est 2002 | £278.2k £214.0k–£342.4k | — | — | 500 | 24y | 95 | 79y |
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| S & M GRUHAM LTD→ SC585555 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-02-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500
Registered office
25 Douglas Marches
North Berwick
EH39 5LZ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GOURLAY, Fay→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2024-02-05
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MARSHALL, Paul Ernest Francis→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2024-08-01
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Recent filings (7 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-05