BALLIEFURTH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC210113 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-17
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£154.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
78 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 £154,603
Cash YoY
-7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
↓ 7.4% YoY
Net Worth
£155k
↑ 4.4% YoY
Current Assets
£57k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£31k£62k£93k£124k£155kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£161.1k£164.6k
Current assets£57.1k£57.3k
Cash£18.1k£19.5k
Debtors£9.1k£13.7k
Net assets£154.6k£148.0k

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

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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-14
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  2. 2024-10-21
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  3. 2023-11-06
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  4. 2022-12-05
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  5. 2021-08-24
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  6. 2021-01-21
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  7. 2019-12-18
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  8. 2018-12-12
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  9. 2018-08-24
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  10. 2018-08-23
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  11. 2018-08-23
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  12. 2017-12-14
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  13. 2016-12-14
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  14. 2016-01-07
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  15. 2015-08-28
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  16. 2014-12-01
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    HARRISON, Patrick Charles Lorne appointed
    secretary
  17. 2014-12-01
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    STRATHCLYDE CONSULTANTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2006-02-14
    ➕
    HARRISON, Abigail Claire appointed
    director
  19. 2000-09-18
    ➕
    HARRISON, Patrick Charles Lorne appointed
    director
  20. 2000-09-18
    ➖
    MD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-09-18
    ➕
    STRATHCLYDE CONSULTANTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2000-09-18
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    MD DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-08-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BALLIEFURTH LIMITED
  24. 2000-08-17
    ➕
    MD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-08-17
    ➕
    MD DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mr Patrick Charles Lorne Harrison
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Abigail Claire Harrison
Individual · British · DOB 03/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2000-08-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47220 — Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores

Registered office

Balliefurth Farm
Balliefurth Farm
Grantown-On-Spey
PH26 3NH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last: 2025-08-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HARRISON, Patrick Charles Lorne→
secretary · appointed 2014-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Abigail Claire→
director · ~52y · appointed 2006-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Patrick Charles Lorne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MD SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-08-17 · resigned 2000-09-18
Resigned
STRATHCLYDE CONSULTANTS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-09-18 · resigned 2014-12-01
Resigned
MD DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-08-17 · resigned 2000-09-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

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2025-10-14
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2025-08-27
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2024-10-21
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2024-08-28
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2023-11-06
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2023-08-30
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2022-12-05
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2022-08-30
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accounts · AA
2021-08-24
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2021-08-17
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2021-01-21
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2020-08-31
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2019-12-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-12-12