BARONY COUNTRY FOODS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC181901 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-02

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 11.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£72.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

10200SIC 10200
47230SIC 47230

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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 11.1y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 11.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — 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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £72,399

Net assets shrinking

Down £49,625 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£72k

↓ 41% YoY

Current Assets

£147k

↓ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£97.8k	£153.0k
Current assets	£146.7k	£207.6k
Net assets	£72.4k	£122.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-16
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accounts · AA
2024-08-05
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accounts · AA
2023-08-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
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accounts · AA
2018-12-12
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accounts · AA
2017-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-06
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accounts · AA
2016-04-13
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officers · AP01
2016-03-23
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GRAHAM, Alasdair Hugh appointed
director
2016-02-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-07-10
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address · AD01
2015-03-27
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mortgage · MR01
2015-03-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1998-11-01
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GRAHAM, Heather Frances appointed
director
1998-01-02
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Company incorporated
As BARONY COUNTRY FOODS LTD.
1998-01-02
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GRAHAM, Heather Frances appointed
secretary
1998-01-02
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GRAHAM, Ronald appointed
director
1998-01-02
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-01-02
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ronald Graham Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Heather Frances Graham Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Alasdair Hugh Graham Individual · British · DOB 07/1994 · age 32	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1998-01-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat

Registered office

Unit 4 Laverockhall Farm Road

Lochmaben

Lockerbie

DG11 1RE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-16

Last: 2026-01-02

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

GRAHAM, Heather Frances→

secretary · appointed 1998-01-02

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Active

GRAHAM, Alasdair Hugh→

director · ~32y · appointed 2016-03-23

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Active

GRAHAM, Heather Frances→

director · ~67y · appointed 1998-11-01

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Active

GRAHAM, Ronald→

director · ~62y · appointed 1998-01-02

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-02 · resigned 1998-01-02

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	24/03/2015	—

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