CALEDONIA POTATO HOLDINGS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC089102 · ltd · incorporated 1984-07-31
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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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 12 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
127 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees20

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2024-08-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-08-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-08-19
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2024-08-19
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2024-08-19
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  9. 2024-08-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-08-02
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    DOIG, Fiona Fraser appointed
    director
  11. 2024-08-02
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    SMILLIE, Fiona Kirsteen Blackie resigned
    director
  12. 2024-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-09-23
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    MCDIARMID, Michael James resigned
    director
  18. 2021-09-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-08-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2020-08-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-08-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2020-06-30
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    DUNNETT, Gavin Bain resigned
    director
  23. 2020-06-30
    ➖
    GUINDI, Ian Paul resigned
    director
  24. 2020-06-30
    ➕
    SMILLIE, Fiona Kirsteen Blackie appointed
    director
  25. 2020-06-30
    ➖
    SMILLIE, Gordon Charles resigned
    director
  26. 2017-03-17
    ➖
    SMILLIE, Gordon Charles resigned
    secretary
  27. 2012-07-01
    ➕
    MCDIARMID, Michael James appointed
    director
  28. 2011-11-04
    ➖
    NICOLL, George resigned
    director
  29. 2010-07-01
    ➕
    DUNNETT, Gavin Bain appointed
    director
  30. 2010-07-01
    ➖
    DUNNETT, Jack resigned
    director
  31. 2006-03-24
    ➕
    DOIG, Robert John Stewart appointed
    director
  32. 2006-03-24
    ➕
    GUINDI, Ian Paul appointed
    director
  33. 2006-01-30
    ➖
    DOIG, Robert resigned
    director
  34. 2004-06-30
    ➖
    MCARTHUR, Joseph Ronald resigned
    director
  35. 2004-06-30
    ➕
    NICOLL, George appointed
    director
  36. 2003-12-03
    ➖
    GUINDI, Marcel Robert resigned
    director
  37. 1984-07-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CALEDONIA POTATO HOLDINGS LTD

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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.)

Group structure

Robert J S Doig Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Robert J S Doig Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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CALEDONIA POTATO HOLDINGS LTD
This company · SC089102

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Robert J S Doig Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/08/2024
Mr Robert John Stewart Doig
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gordon Charles Smillieceased 02/08/2024· 25-50% voting
  • Caithness Potato Breeders Limitedceased 30/06/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1984-07-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Registered office

Old Fargie
Glenfarg
Perth
PH2 9QF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-06
Last: 2025-12-23

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

DOIG, Fiona Fraser→
director · ~61y · appointed 2024-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOIG, Robert John Stewart→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMILLIE, Gordon Charles→
secretary · resigned 2017-03-17
Resigned
DOIG, Robert→
director · ~91y · resigned 2006-01-30
Resigned
DUNNETT, Gavin Bain→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-07-01 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned
DUNNETT, Jack→
director · ~97y · resigned 2010-07-01
Resigned
GUINDI, Ian Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-03-24 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned
GUINDI, Marcel Robert→
director · ~94y · resigned 2003-12-03
Resigned
MCARTHUR, Joseph Ronald→
director · ~87y · resigned 2004-06-30
Resigned
MCDIARMID, Michael James→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-07-01 · resigned 2021-09-23
Resigned
NICOLL, George→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-06-30 · resigned 2011-11-04
Resigned
SMILLIE, Fiona Kirsteen Blackie→
director · ~72y · appointed 2020-06-30 · resigned 2024-08-02
Resigned
SMILLIE, Gordon Charles→
director · ~75y · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (127 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-08-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-19
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-08-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-08-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-08-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14