ALEX BUTTER LANDSCAPING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC158159 · ltd · incorporated 1995-05-19
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38210
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
  • 81300Landscape service activities
  • 93290Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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 Assets
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£0£109k£219k£328k£437k£547kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets—£617.6k
Current assets—£546.6k
Cash—£246.9k
Debtors—£269.7k
Net assets—£364.7k
Average employees3500—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-10-07
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    WALLACE, Martin Rae appointed
    director
  5. 2023-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-09
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    STEWART, Jill Anne appointed
    director
  11. 2019-05-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-22
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-01-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-07-07
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    officers · TM02
  17. 2016-06-29
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    J & H MITCHELL WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2016-06-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2015-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2000-11-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 1995-05-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEX BUTTER LANDSCAPING LIMITED
  22. 1995-05-19
    ➕
    BUTTER, Alexander John appointed
    director
  23. 1995-05-19
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    secretary
  24. 1995-05-19
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    secretary
  25. 1995-05-19
    ➕
    J & H MITCHELL WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1995-05-19
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 1995-05-19
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BUTTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander John Butter
Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-05-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

West Countlich Farm
Kindallachan
Ballinluig
Perthshire
PH9 0NW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-02
Last: 2025-05-19

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BUTTER, Alexander John→
director · ~75y · appointed 1995-05-19
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Active
STEWART, Jill Anne→
director · ~52y · appointed 2019-05-09
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Active
WALLACE, Martin Rae→
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
secretary · appointed 1995-05-19 · resigned 1995-05-19
Resigned
J & H MITCHELL WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-05-19 · resigned 2016-06-29
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1995-05-19 · resigned 1995-05-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property07/11/2000—
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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-05