GENTECH PROPAGATION LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC112851 · ltd · incorporated 1988-08-17
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01300
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 26.3y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (3 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
123 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees0600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-09-19
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    COULTER, Graeme Alexander appointed
    director
  4. 2025-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  7. 2022-11-14
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2022-10-31
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    THOMSON, Catherine Anne Macleod resigned
    secretary
  9. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-21
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  11. 2022-02-01
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    COULTER, Graeme appointed
    secretary
  12. 2021-03-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2021-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-04-12
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    HARLEY, James Millar resigned
    director
  17. 2019-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  19. 2017-04-28
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  20. 2017-04-25
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    THOMSON, Catherine Anne Macleod appointed
    secretary
  21. 2017-03-27
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  22. 2017-02-24
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    CHALMERS, Alan David Hutchison resigned
    secretary
  23. 2015-03-31
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Thomanean Pension Scheme
  24. 2014-10-27
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    CHALMERS, Alan David Hutchison appointed
    secretary
  25. 2014-10-27
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    HARLEY, Douglas James resigned
    secretary
  26. 2014-02-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  27. 2012-01-31
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    PETERSON, Sylvia resigned
    director
  28. 2000-01-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  29. 1998-08-18
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    PETERSON, Sylvia appointed
    director
  30. 1996-02-01
    ➕
    HARLEY, Douglas James appointed
    director
  31. 1996-02-01
    ➕
    HARLEY, Douglas James appointed
    secretary
  32. 1996-01-31
    ➖
    HARLEY, Ian Alexander William resigned
    secretary
  33. 1996-01-31
    ➖
    HARLEY, Ian Alexander William resigned
    director
  34. 1994-05-31
    ➖
    DUNDAS, Sinclair resigned
    director
  35. 1993-11-15
    ➖
    HARLEY, Douglas James resigned
    director
  36. 1993-11-15
    ➖
    MCCULLOCH, Derek Crawford resigned
    director
  37. 1993-01-29
    ➖
    SHAW, Christopher Hugh resigned
    director
  38. 1991-04-17
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    DUNDAS, Sinclair appointed
    director
  39. 1990-08-24
    ➕
    SHAW, Christopher Hugh appointed
    director
  40. 1990-06-01
    ➕
    HARLEY, Douglas James appointed
    director
  41. 1990-06-01
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    MCCULLOCH, Derek Crawford appointed
    director
  42. 1988-08-17
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    Company incorporated
    As GENTECH PROPAGATION LTD.

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

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 30 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

Alexander Harley Seeds Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Alexander Harley Seeds Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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GENTECH PROPAGATION LTD.
This company · SC112851

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
Alexander Harley Seeds Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-08-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01300 — SIC 01300

Registered office

Thomanean
Milnathort
Kinross
KY13 0RF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 11 resigned)

COULTER, Graeme→
secretary · appointed 2022-02-01
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Active
COULTER, Graeme Alexander→
director · ~51y · appointed 2025-09-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARLEY, Douglas James→
director · ~62y · appointed 1996-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHALMERS, Alan David Hutchison→
secretary · appointed 2014-10-27 · resigned 2017-02-24
Resigned
HARLEY, Douglas James→
secretary · appointed 1996-02-01 · resigned 2014-10-27
Resigned
HARLEY, Ian Alexander William→
secretary · resigned 1996-01-31
Resigned
THOMSON, Catherine Anne Macleod→
secretary · appointed 2017-04-25 · resigned 2022-10-31
Resigned
DUNDAS, Sinclair→
director · ~88y · appointed 1991-04-17 · resigned 1994-05-31
Resigned
HARLEY, Douglas James→
director · ~62y · appointed 1990-06-01 · resigned 1993-11-15
Resigned
HARLEY, Ian Alexander William→
director · ~61y · resigned 1996-01-31
Resigned
HARLEY, James Millar→
director · ~88y · resigned 2019-04-12
Resigned
MCCULLOCH, Derek Crawford→
director · ~80y · appointed 1990-06-01 · resigned 1993-11-15
Resigned
PETERSON, Sylvia→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-08-18 · resigned 2012-01-31
Resigned
SHAW, Christopher Hugh→
director · ~80y · appointed 1990-08-24 · resigned 1993-01-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Thomanean Pension Scheme
A registered charge1 property31/03/2015—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property17/02/2014—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property13/01/2000—
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Recent filings (123 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-02-21