FALKLAND RURAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC030053 · ltd · incorporated 1954-05-13
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 46.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 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
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 46.2y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 46.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
127 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees4000200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-12-06
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  3. 2024-04-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2024-03-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  5. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-22
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  7. 2021-12-17
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  8. 2020-10-12
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  9. 2019-10-03
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  10. 2018-09-20
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  11. 2017-12-13
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  12. 2016-09-06
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-31
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    WATT, Guy Ridley appointed
    director
  14. 2016-05-31
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2016-04-21
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    ATKINSON, David resigned
    director
  16. 2016-04-21
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    CONSTABLE, Hilary, Dr resigned
    director
  17. 2016-04-21
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  18. 2016-04-21
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  19. 2016-01-12
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    BIRLEY, Margaret Anne Bain resigned
    director
  20. 2014-08-20
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    BIRLEY, Margaret Anne Bain appointed
    director
  21. 2014-01-17
    ➕
    CONSTABLE, Hilary, Dr appointed
    director
  22. 2013-07-12
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    STEVENSON, Amelia Binnie resigned
    secretary
  23. 2011-11-21
    ➖
    RITCHIE, Peter John resigned
    director
  24. 2008-09-18
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    STEVENSON, Amelia Binnie appointed
    secretary
  25. 2008-09-18
    ➖
    PAGAN OSBORNE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2008-06-17
    ➖
    BALFOUR, John Charles resigned
    director
  27. 2006-01-20
    ➖
    CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2006-01-20
    ➕
    PAGAN OSBORNE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2005-12-09
    ➕
    ATKINSON, David appointed
    director
  30. 2003-12-01
    ➕
    RITCHIE, Peter John appointed
    director
  31. 1998-05-28
    ➖
    GRIMSTON, Kenneth Robert resigned
    director
  32. 1989-02-10
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    CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  33. 1980-02-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  34. 1954-05-13
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    Company incorporated
    As FALKLAND RURAL ENTERPRISES 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 72 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ninian Crichton-Stuart
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1954-05-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Falkland Estate Stables
Falkland
Cupar
Fife
KY15 7AF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

CRICHTON-STUART, Ninian John→
director · ~69y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATT, Guy Ridley→
director · ~81y · appointed 2016-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEVENSON, Amelia Binnie→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-18 · resigned 2013-07-12
Resigned
CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1989-02-10 · resigned 2006-01-20
Resigned
PAGAN OSBORNE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-01-20 · resigned 2008-09-18
Resigned
ATKINSON, David→
director · ~82y · appointed 2005-12-09 · resigned 2016-04-21
Resigned
BALFOUR, John Charles→
director · ~107y · resigned 2008-06-17
Resigned
BIRLEY, Margaret Anne Bain→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-08-20 · resigned 2016-01-12
Resigned
CONSTABLE, Hilary, Dr→
director · ~81y · appointed 2014-01-17 · resigned 2016-04-21
Resigned
GRIMSTON, Kenneth Robert→
director · ~92y · resigned 1998-05-28
Resigned
RITCHIE, Peter John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2011-11-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property29/03/2024—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property05/02/1980—
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Recent filings (127 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-17