CLINT ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC021187 · ltd · incorporated 1939-08-18
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02100SIC 02100
  • 81300Landscape service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 33.2y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
152 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-31
Average employees2

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
15
filings
  • • 8 officers
  • • 5 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
23
filings
  • • 10 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 9 officers
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
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    Charge satisfied #4
  27. 2025-08-27
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    Lender: Elizabeth Zephirine Lucy Blair
  28. 2025-08-26
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Elizabeth Zephirine Lucy Blair
  29. 2025-01-31
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    TURCAN, Jane Fairrie resigned
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  30. 2023-03-24
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Weatherbys Bank Limited
  31. 2023-02-06
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    BLAIR, John Woodman resigned
    director
  32. 2017-04-21
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    Charge satisfied #2
  33. 2013-07-14
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    VERHEYDEN, Mary Rohais Euphane appointed
    director
  34. 2010-02-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Adam & Company PLC
  35. 2007-11-26
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    AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  36. 2007-11-26
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    ANDERSON STRATHERN resigned
    corporate-secretary
  37. 2006-01-01
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    BLAIR, Elizabeth Zephirine Lucy appointed
    director
  38. 1999-12-11
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    BLAIR, Charles Woodman appointed
    director
  39. 1996-06-03
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    BLAIR, Euphane Mary resigned
    director
  40. 1993-03-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: John Woodman Blair
  41. 1992-09-01
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    ANDERSON STRATHERN appointed
    corporate-secretary
  42. 1992-08-31
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    ANDERSON STRATHERN WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  43. 1939-08-18
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    Company incorporated
    As CLINT ESTATES LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 87 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Elizabeth Zephirine Lucy Blair
Individual · British · DOB 05/1978 · age 48
25–50%
—25-50% shares · trust interest20/06/2025
Mr Colin Henry Senior
Individual · British · DOB 05/1942 · age 84
25–50%
—25-50% shares · trust interest20/06/2025
Mr Charles Woodman Blair
Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest06/04/2016
Claire Lucy Blair
Individual · British · DOB 08/1949 · age 77
—25–50%25-50% voting · trust interest06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • John Woodman Blairceased 20/06/2025· 25-50% shares
  • Lord Joseph Paton Maclayceased 18/02/2025· 25-50% voting · trust interest

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
Incorporated1939-08-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

C/O Anderson Strathern Llp
58 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-26
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Active
BLAIR, Charles Woodman→
director · ~46y · appointed 1999-12-11
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Active
BLAIR, Claire Lucy→
director · ~77y
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Active
BLAIR, Elizabeth Zephirine Lucy→
director · ~48y · appointed 2006-01-01
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Active
VERHEYDEN, Mary Rohais Euphane→
director · ~41y · appointed 2013-07-14
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Active
ANDERSON STRATHERN→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1992-09-01 · resigned 2007-11-26
Resigned
ANDERSON STRATHERN WS→
corporate-secretary · resigned 1992-08-31
Resigned
BLAIR, Euphane Mary→
director · ~120y · resigned 1996-06-03
Resigned
BLAIR, John Woodman→
director · ~89y · resigned 2023-02-06
Resigned
TURCAN, Jane Fairrie→
director · ~85y · resigned 2025-01-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Elizabeth Zephirine Lucy Blair / Molly Mary Rohais Euphane Verheyden or Blair
A registered charge1 property27/08/2025—
satisfied
Elizabeth Zephirine Lucy Blair / Molly Mary Rohais Euphane Verheyden or Blair
A registered charge1 property26/08/202508/09/2025
outstanding
Weatherbys Bank
Weatherbys Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property24/03/2023—
satisfied
Adam & Company
Adam & Company PLC
Floating charge1 property03/02/201021/04/2017
satisfied
John Woodman Blair
Standard security1 property26/03/199327/10/2025
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