THE ROUSSIN SHEEP SOCIETY OF THE BRITISH ISLES LTD.

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SC119736 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1989-08-25

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Aug 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01629

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

15 officers (5 active, 15 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 (41 events)Click to expand

2025-04-29
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accounts · AA
2024-05-24
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accounts · AA
2023-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
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officers · CH01
2023-07-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-19
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officers · TM01
2023-07-19
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officers · TM01
2023-07-09
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MARTYN, Susan Diana resigned
director
2023-07-09
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NANCEKIVELL, Thomas William Allin resigned
director
2023-07-09
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OWEN, Ann resigned
director
2023-06-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-06
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address · AD01
2021-05-11
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officers · TM01
2021-05-01
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MCINTYRE, Fiona Young resigned
director
2020-09-23
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accounts · AA
2020-08-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-27
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officers · TM02
2019-05-15
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MIDDLETON, Rachael Clair Sophia resigned
secretary
2018-11-02
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accounts · AA
2018-10-08
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officers · TM01
2018-09-28
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MOLYNEUX, Russell David resigned
director
2018-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-20
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FLEMING, John Smith appointed
director
2017-11-20
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MCCORNICK, Martin Robert appointed
director
2017-11-20
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MIDDLETON, Stephen appointed
director
2017-11-20
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STEEN, Derek John appointed
director
2017-11-20
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MIDDLETON, Rachael Clair Sophia appointed
secretary
2017-11-20
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MOLYNEUX, Andrea Elisabeth resigned
secretary
2017-11-20
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MARTYN, Susan Diana appointed
director
2017-11-20
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MCINTYRE, Fiona Young appointed
director
2017-11-20
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NANCEKIVELL, Thomas William Allin appointed
director
2017-11-20
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OWEN, Ann appointed
director
2009-09-01
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EDGAR, Thomas James appointed
director
2006-09-22
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MOLYNEUX, Andrea Elisabeth appointed
secretary
2006-09-22
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WRIGHT, Alan Grant, Councillor resigned
secretary
1999-09-25
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MOLYNEUX, Russell David appointed
director
1999-09-25
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TEMPLETON, Thomas resigned
director
1992-01-15
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JOHNSTONE, James Henry resigned
secretary
1992-01-15
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WRIGHT, Alan Grant, Councillor appointed
secretary
1989-08-25
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Company incorporated
As THE ROUSSIN SHEEP SOCIETY OF THE BRITISH ISLES LTD.

Owner dependency

65/100

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Martin Robert Mccornick Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	20/11/2017
Mr Stephen Middleton Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	20/11/2017

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Thomas James Edgarceased 20/11/2017· significant influence
Mr Russell David Molyneuxceased 20/11/2017· significant influence

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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A H S DRUMMOND (GLENSIDE) LIMITED→ SC324103 · est 2007	—	—	£660.6k	—	19y	82	84y
A. LOCHHEAD FISHING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC328174 · est 2007	—	—	£63.6k	—	18y	82	67y
ALLAN SMITH FENCING & FORESTRY LIMITED→ SC287999 · est 2005	—	—	—	2	20y	82	71y
CRAIGADAM FARM LIMITED→ SC153308 · est 1994	—	—	£48.7k	—	31y	82	74y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1989-08-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

23 George Street

Dumfries

DG1 1EA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-14

Last: 2025-07-31