DALNAVERT COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC077725 · ltd · incorporated 1982-02-26

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 42.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£125.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01420

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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 42.1y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 42.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — 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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

21 officers (6 active, 21 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

130 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £125,623

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£126k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£81k

↑ 4.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£125.6k	£124.9k
Current assets	£81.1k	£78.0k
Net assets	£125.6k	£124.9k

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2025-07-29
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accounts · AA
2025-02-21
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officers · AP03
2025-02-21
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officers · AP01
2025-02-13
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CHRISTIE, Scott appointed
secretary
2025-02-13
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CHRISTIE, Scott appointed
director
2024-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-14
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officers · TM01
2024-06-14
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address · AD01
2024-06-10
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FRENCH, Alan Gilbert resigned
director
2023-06-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-25
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accounts · AA
2017-09-21
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accounts · AA
2015-08-13
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CHRISTIE, Fraser appointed
director
2015-08-13
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MCGREGOR, John Donald appointed
director
2014-08-15
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MACKENZIE, Silvie Marlise resigned
director
2014-08-14
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MACKENZIE, Silvie Marlise resigned
secretary
2014-08-14
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NUNN, Hugh David Mackay resigned
director
2014-05-20
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GREEN, Alison Mair resigned
director
2013-01-31
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GLEN, Alexander Iain Munro, Professor resigned
director
2009-07-14
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FRENCH, Alan Gilbert appointed
director
2008-09-29
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MACKENZIE, Silvie Marlise appointed
secretary
2008-08-11
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LAWSON, John Christie resigned
secretary
2008-08-11
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GREEN, Alison Mair appointed
director
2008-08-11
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LAWSON, John Christie resigned
director
2008-07-02
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GLEN, Alexander Iain Munro, Professor appointed
director
2008-07-02
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GLEN, Evelyne, Dr resigned
director
2006-04-01
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ROWELL, William resigned
director
2005-10-27
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CHRISTIE, John Mclaine appointed
director
2001-04-15
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ROWELL, William appointed
director
2001-04-14
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MACALPINE, Euan Archibald Macfarlane, Director resigned
director
2000-06-06
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GLEN, Alexander Iain Munro, Professor resigned
director
2000-06-06
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GLEN, Evelyne, Dr appointed
director
2000-03-15
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FRENCH, Alan resigned
director
1999-02-24
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Charge satisfied #1
1998-01-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1995-08-28
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LINDSAY, Alexander resigned
director
1995-07-31
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WILKIE, Alexander resigned
director
1993-08-23
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MACKENZIE, Silvie Marlise appointed
director
1992-03-30
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LINDSAY, Alexander appointed
director
1989-01-01
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NUNN, Hugh David Mackay appointed
director
1987-12-01
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WILKIE, Alexander appointed
director
1987-03-28
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REVILL, George Alan appointed
director
1984-03-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1982-02-26
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Company incorporated
As DALNAVERT COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 39 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+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

80/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 39 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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 Mclaine Christie Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1982-02-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01420 — SIC 01420

Registered office

Easel Lodge Easel Farm

Dalnavert Farm

Inverness-Shire

PH21 1NQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-24

Last: 2025-09-10