MFPOTATOES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC036262 · ltd · incorporated 1961-03-25

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 44.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01130

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 44.4y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 44.4 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: medium (70/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Average employees	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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2024-02-27
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2023-02-27
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2022-02-22
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2022-02-10
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2021-05-27
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2020-02-26
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2019-02-28
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2018-02-28
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2017-02-15
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2016-02-15
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2015-12-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2014-04-06
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MILLER, Wendy appointed
director
2001-05-11
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MILLER, Betty Lawrence resigned
director
1997-05-11
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MILLER, Stewart Ormiston resigned
director
1995-04-06
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MILLER, John Stewart appointed
director
1981-12-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1961-03-25
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Company incorporated
As MFPOTATOES 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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 65 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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Stewart Miller Individual · British · DOB 04/1974 · age 52	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Miss Elizabeth Lumsden Miller Individual · British · DOB 03/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · board control · significant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1961-03-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130

Registered office

Rosefield

Balbeggie

Perthshire

PH2 6AT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-20

Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

MILLER, Elizabeth Lumsden→

secretary

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Active

MILLER, Elizabeth Lumsden→

director · ~78y

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Active

MILLER, John Stewart→

director · ~52y · appointed 1995-04-06

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Active

MILLER, Kenneth Powrie→

director · ~81y

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Active

MILLER, Wendy→

director · ~52y · appointed 2014-04-06

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Active

MILLER, Betty Lawrence→

director · ~108y · resigned 2001-05-11

Resigned

MILLER, Stewart Ormiston→

director · ~108y · resigned 1997-05-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	02/03/2015	—
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	18/12/1981	—

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Recent filings (71 total)

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2025-12-24

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2025-12-15

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accounts · AA

2025-02-26

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-16

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accounts · AA01

2024-12-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-02-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-02-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-02-22

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2022-02-10

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2021-12-20

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accounts · AA

2021-05-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-10

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accounts · AA

2020-02-26