JOHN A. ROSS (RHYNIE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC036548 · ltd · incorporated 1961-06-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 28.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.6y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.6 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 (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-282024-05-28
Average employees3300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-02-26
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  3. 2024-02-28
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  4. 2023-02-28
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  5. 2022-02-28
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  6. 2021-06-02
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-06-01
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    ROSS, Karen Kay appointed
    director
  8. 2021-05-27
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-15
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-10-15
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    officers · TM02
  11. 2020-10-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2020-08-10
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    ROSS, Donald George resigned
    secretary
  13. 2020-08-10
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    ROSS, Donald George resigned
    director
  14. 2020-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  15. 2019-02-26
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  16. 2018-02-28
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  17. 2017-07-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2017-02-28
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  19. 2016-06-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  20. 2015-06-01
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    ROSS, Donald John appointed
    director
  21. 2012-06-11
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  22. 2008-12-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  23. 1997-10-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  24. 1995-05-26
    ➕
    ROSS, Isabel appointed
    secretary
  25. 1961-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As JOHN A. ROSS (RHYNIE) LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ROSS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

35/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ROSS, Karen Kay (same surname) appointed 2021-06-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Donald John Ross
Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Donald George Rossceased 10/08/2020· significant influence

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
Incorporated1961-06-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Rhynie
Fearn
Ross-Shire
IV20 1TR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-03
Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

ROSS, Isabel→
secretary · appointed 1995-05-26
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Active
ROSS, Donald John→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-06-01
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Active
ROSS, Isabel→
director · ~80y
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Active
ROSS, Karen Kay→
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-06-01
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Active
ROSS, Donald George→
secretary · resigned 2020-08-10
Resigned
ROSS, Donald George→
director · ~80y · resigned 2020-08-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property11/06/2012—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Standard security1 property09/12/2008—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property01/10/1997—
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Recent filings (103 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-15
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-10-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-10-15