BORDER LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC158324 · ltd · incorporated 1995-05-31

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 30.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£8

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 30.8y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 30.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (6 active, 15 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

109 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £8

Net assets shrinking

Down £75,436 YoY

Cash YoY

+26%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£776k

↑ 26% YoY

Net Worth

£8

↓ 100% YoY

Current Assets

£853k

↑ 7.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£8	£78.5k
Current assets	£853.2k	£792.0k
Cash	£776.3k	£616.9k
Debtors	£77.0k	£175.0k
Net assets	£8	£75.4k

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

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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

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2026-01-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-31
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BROWN, Logan Joseph Macdonald resigned
director
2025-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
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officers · AP03
2025-07-04
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SCOTT, Nicola appointed
secretary
2025-06-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-06-26
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-26
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-01
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SCOTT, Nicola appointed
director
2025-03-01
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SCOTT, Robert Jamieson appointed
director
2025-03-01
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BROWN, Karen Jane resigned
director
2025-01-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-13
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JAMES, Emma Alexandria appointed
director
2024-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-08
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RUTHVEN, Linda appointed
director
2023-12-08
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BROWN, Karen Jane appointed
director
2023-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-11
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LOGAN, James Richard resigned
director
2022-02-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2014-04-18
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MCKENNA, Paul resigned
secretary
2002-02-01
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MCKENNA, Paul appointed
secretary
2002-02-01
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RUTHVEN, Brian Neil resigned
secretary
2000-03-01
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FORREST, Joanna Louise resigned
secretary
2000-03-01
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RUTHVEN, Brian Neil appointed
secretary
1999-07-14
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Charge satisfied #2
1999-07-14
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Charge satisfied #1
1999-07-01
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FORREST, Joanna Louise appointed
secretary
1999-07-01
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RUTHVEN, Brian Neil resigned
secretary
1996-06-19
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LOGAN, James Richard appointed
director
1995-08-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1995-06-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1995-06-08
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RUTHVEN, Brian Neil appointed
director
1995-06-08
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RUTHVEN, Brian Neil appointed
secretary
1995-06-08
➖
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1995-06-08
➕
BROWN, Logan Joseph Macdonald appointed
director
1995-06-08
➖
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
1995-05-31
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Company incorporated
As BORDER LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE LIMITED
1995-05-31
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1995-05-31
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

66/100

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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-05-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46110 — Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods

Registered office

Academy House

Shedden Park Road

Kelso

Roxburghshire

TD5 7AL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-14

Last: 2025-05-31