RANFURLY RANCH LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC806181 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-08
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01621SIC 01621
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£100
Current Assets
£100
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£100
Current assets£100
Net assets£100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-19
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-04-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As RANFURLY RANCH LIMITED
  4. 2024-04-08
    HALES, Lucy Evelyn appointed
    secretary
  5. 2024-04-08
    HALES, Lucy Evelyn appointed
    director
  6. 2024-04-08
    MAVER, John Thomas appointed
    director
  7. 2024-04-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-02-19: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Lucy Evelyn Hales
Individual · British · DOB 02/1986 · age 40
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/04/2024

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
Incorporated2024-04-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Munro House
Quarrywood Court
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6AX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HALES, Lucy Evelyn
secretary · appointed 2024-04-08
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Active
HALES, Lucy Evelyn
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-04-08
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Active
MAVER, John Thomas
director · ~54y · appointed 2024-04-08
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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-02-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-08