CAVELSTONE FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC165832 · ltd · incorporated 1996-05-23
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 29.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01190
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees400400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-04-01
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  3. 2023-03-31
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  4. 2022-05-23
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  5. 2021-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2021-05-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  7. 2021-05-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2019-03-18
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  10. 2018-04-11
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-14
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    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2017-07-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2017-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-05-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-04-25
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-05-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2013-04-01
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    PURVIS, Lynn Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2009-03-09
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    PURVIS, Craig Robert appointed
    director
  20. 1996-11-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 1996-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As CAVELSTONE FARM LIMITED
  22. 1996-05-23
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    PURVIS, Isobel Forsyth appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-05-23
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    PURVIS, Isobel Forsyth appointed
    director
  24. 1996-05-23
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    PURVIS, Robert appointed
    director
  25. 1996-05-23
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1996-05-23
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1996-05-23
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1996-05-23
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Purvis
Individual · British · DOB 07/1948 · age 78
50–75%
—50-75% 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
Incorporated1996-05-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01190 — SIC 01190

Registered office

New Thistle House
The Avenue
Lochgelly
KY5 9HG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-06
Last: 2025-05-23

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

PURVIS, Isobel Forsyth→
secretary · appointed 1996-05-23
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Active
PURVIS, Craig Robert→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-03-09
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Active
PURVIS, Isobel Forsyth→
director · ~81y · appointed 1996-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PURVIS, Lynn Margaret→
director · ~56y · appointed 2013-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PURVIS, Robert→
director · ~78y · appointed 1996-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-05-23 · resigned 1996-05-23
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-05-23 · resigned 1996-05-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
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Outstanding
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Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property05/11/199614/07/2017

Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-23