STEWART OF KININMONTH

🌳Matureactive

SC040364 · private-unlimited · incorporated 1964-05-12

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01450

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 (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2018-07-10
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officers · AP04
2018-07-10
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officers · TM02
2018-06-27
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address · AD01
2018-06-27
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address · AD01
2018-06-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-06-11
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THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2018-06-11
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PAGAN OSBORNE LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2017-07-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-06-14
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-16
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2014-07-04
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2013-06-07
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2012-06-07
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annual-return · AR01
2011-06-08
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annual-return · AR01
2011-06-08
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2010-06-29
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annual-return · AR01
2010-06-29
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officers · CH01
2009-06-12
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legacy
annual-return · 363a
2006-03-31
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CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-03-31
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PAGAN OSBORNE LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1990-04-25
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STEWART, Sheila June appointed
director
1990-04-25
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STEWART, John Lambert resigned
director
1989-03-06
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CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1964-05-12
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Company incorporated
As STEWART OF KININMONTH

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "STEWART" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 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

96/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Allan Clark Stewart Individual · British · DOB 07/1945 · age 81	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Typeprivate-unlimited

Incorporated1964-05-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01450 — SIC 01450

Registered office

Kininmonth Farm

Pitscottie

Cupar

Fife

KY15 5TT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: —

Last made up to: —

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-26

Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

THORNTONS LAW LLP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-06-11

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Active

STEWART, John Allan Clark→

director · ~81y

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Active

STEWART, Sheila June→

director · ~76y · appointed 1990-04-25

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Active

CCW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1989-03-06 · resigned 2006-03-31

Resigned

PAGAN OSBORNE LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2018-06-11

Resigned

STEWART, John Lambert→

director · ~112y · resigned 1990-04-25

Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-12

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-12