OLD TOWN BLENDING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC083124 · ltd · incorporated 1983-05-16
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 38.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£0
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 38.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
111 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£0
Current Assets
£0
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-31
Total assets£0
Current assets£0
Debtors£0
Net assets£0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-03-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-07
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2019-06-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2016-05-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2016-05-20
    ➕
    ARNOTT, Robert Graeme appointed
    director
  17. 2016-05-20
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Gordon Iain appointed
    director
  18. 2016-05-20
    ➖
    MACARI, Catherine Milne resigned
    secretary
  19. 2016-05-20
    ➖
    MACARI, Catherine Milne resigned
    director
  20. 2016-05-20
    ➖
    MACARI, Ricardo resigned
    director
  21. 2016-05-12
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    Charge satisfied #2
  22. 2016-04-20
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    Charge satisfied #3
  23. 2016-03-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 1992-06-26
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 1988-01-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 1988-01-11
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 1983-05-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As OLD TOWN BLENDING COMPANY 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 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Caledonian Heritable Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Caledonian Heritable Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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OLD TOWN BLENDING COMPANY LIMITED
This company · SC083124

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Caledonian Heritable Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares31/12/2016

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
Incorporated1983-05-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

46 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh
EH2 4HQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ARNOTT, Robert Graeme→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUSSELL, Gordon Iain→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACARI, Catherine Milne→
secretary · resigned 2016-05-20
Resigned
MACARI, Catherine Milne→
director · ~82y · resigned 2016-05-20
Resigned
MACARI, Ricardo→
director · ~83y · resigned 2016-05-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property26/06/199220/04/2016
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property26/01/198812/05/2016
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property11/01/198816/03/2016

Recent filings (111 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-15