CRAIGOUR FARM & RAEMOIR STUD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC132332 · ltd · incorporated 1991-06-10
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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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£96.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
95 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £96,903

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£97k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 73% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£19k£39k£58k£78k£97kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£96.9k£83.3k
Current assets£1.2k£4.4k
Net assets£96.9k£83.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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  3. 2024-03-28
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  4. 2023-03-30
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  5. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-16
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-15
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-15
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-07
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  11. 2020-10-20
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2019-11-09
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2019-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-09
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  15. 2019-05-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2019-02-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2019-02-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 1991-07-30
    ➕
    O'DWYER, Cavan Patrick Daniel appointed
    secretary
  19. 1991-07-30
    ➕
    HUNTER, Kim appointed
    director
  20. 1991-07-30
    ➕
    O'DWYER, Cavan Patrick Daniel appointed
    director
  21. 1991-07-30
    ➖
    MIDDLETON, Sandra Elizabeth resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1991-07-30
    ➖
    MACLAREN, Colin James resigned
    director
  23. 1991-06-10
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    Company incorporated
    As CRAIGOUR FARM & RAEMOIR STUD LIMITED
  24. 1991-06-10
    ➕
    MIDDLETON, Sandra Elizabeth appointed
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1991-06-10
    ➕
    MACLAREN, Colin James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Kim Hunter
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Cavan Patrick Daniel O'Dwyer
Individual · British · DOB 05/1947 · age 79
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1991-06-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430

Registered office

Craigour Farm
Glassel
Banchory
AB31 4DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

O'DWYER, Cavan Patrick Daniel→
secretary · appointed 1991-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUNTER, Kim→
director · ~69y · appointed 1991-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'DWYER, Cavan Patrick Daniel→
director · ~79y · appointed 1991-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MIDDLETON, Sandra Elizabeth→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-06-10 · resigned 1991-07-30
Resigned
MACLAREN, Colin James→
director · ~67y · appointed 1991-06-10 · resigned 1991-07-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

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2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-15