STRACATHRO ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC129179 · ltd · incorporated 1991-01-03

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

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£12.68M

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

55900Other accommodation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 30.5y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 30.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (9 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

136 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £12,675,956

Cash draining

Cash down 90% YoY

Cash YoY

-90%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£49k

↓ 90% YoY

Net Worth

£13m

↑ 5.7% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Cash	£49.0k	£511.7k
Net assets	£12.68M	£11.99M

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

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3 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-27
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accounts · AA
2024-12-10
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mortgage · MR01
2024-12-04
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Opdenergy UK 8 Limited
2024-05-01
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accounts · AA
2023-11-28
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mortgage · MR04
2023-11-28
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Charge satisfied #11
2023-10-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-26
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mortgage · MR04
2023-04-26
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mortgage · MR04
2023-04-26
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-04-26
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Charge satisfied #9
2023-04-26
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Charge satisfied #8
2023-04-26
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Charge satisfied #7
2023-04-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-02-22
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Scottishpower Renewables (UK) Limited
2022-12-01
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-30
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Colin William Fleming Gibson
2022-11-28
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mortgage · MR04
2022-11-28
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Charge satisfied #6
2022-05-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-08-02
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officers · CH04
2021-07-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
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Charge registered #10
Lender: The Scottish Ministers
2020-09-22
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CAMPBELL ADAMSON, Hannah Gillian appointed
director
2020-03-02
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WILSON, Randal Patrick Gravatt appointed
director
2018-10-01
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MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2015-04-18
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CAMPBELL ADAMSON, James William appointed
director
2015-04-18
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TAYLOR, Alexander Julian appointed
director
2014-11-28
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CAIRNS, Gordon appointed
director
2013-12-16
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2013-12-16
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2013-12-16
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2013-09-13
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-10-22
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Scottish Ministers
2006-09-01
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CAMPBELL ADAMSON, Alison Mary appointed
director
2006-08-31
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STEWART, Allan Mather resigned
director
1995-12-02
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CAMPBELL ADAMSON, Alison Mary resigned
director
1995-10-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Scottish Homes
1995-08-31
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CAMPBELL ADAMSON, Alison Mary appointed
secretary
1995-08-31
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THORNTONS WS resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-02-06
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CAMPBELL ADAMSON, Hugh Alexander appointed
director
1991-02-06
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BLACK, Douglas Maclean resigned
nominee-director
1991-02-06
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BRYMER, Stewart, Prof resigned
director
1991-02-06
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CAMPBELL ADAMSON, Alison Mary appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 55 events

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

1 med · 1 low

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.

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Angus Widdowson Individual · British · DOB 06/1990 · age 36	—	25–50%	25-50% voting · trust interest	14/11/2019
Mr Rory Gibson Individual · British · DOB 12/1989 · age 37	25–50%	—	25-50% shares · trust interest	14/11/2019
James William Campbell Adamson Individual · British · DOB 09/1989 · age 37	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/11/2017
Mr Hugh Alexander Campbell Adamson Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence · trust interest	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr John Kenneth Scott Moncrieffceased 16/01/2024· 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

Incorporated1991-01-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Brae Of Pert

Laurencekirk

Kincardineshire

AB30 1QR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-12

Last: 2025-11-28