CRAILING TOFTS POTATOES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC217999 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-10

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 9.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£5.93M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01130

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 94). 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 9.6y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 9.6 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, 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

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

69 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,925,461

Cash YoY

+33%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£785k

↑ 33% YoY

Net Worth

£5.9m

↑ 6.5% YoY

Current Assets

£4.6m

↓ 4.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£6.92M	£6.56M
Current assets	£4.56M	£4.77M
Cash	£785.3k	£589.7k
Debtors	£1.11M	£1.31M
Net assets	£5.93M	£5.57M

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2023-12-22
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2022-12-23
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2021-12-22
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2021-01-14
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2019-12-30
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accounts · AA
2019-04-11
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
2018-12-12
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accounts · AA
2018-04-12
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address · AD01
2018-04-12
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officers · CH03
2018-04-12
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2016-12-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-11-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2001-04-10
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Company incorporated
As CRAILING TOFTS POTATOES LIMITED
2001-04-10
➕
DAGG, Karen Isobel appointed
secretary
2001-04-10
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DAGG, George Ian appointed
director
2001-04-10
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DAGG, Karen Isobel appointed
director
2001-04-10
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DAGG, Michael George appointed
director
2001-04-10
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-04-10
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-04-10
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-04-10
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — 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 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael George Dagg Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	30/06/2016
Mrs Karen Isobel Dagg Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2001-04-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130

Registered office

Academy House

Shedden Park Road

Kelso

Roxburghshire

TD5 7AL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-24

Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

DAGG, Karen Isobel→

secretary · appointed 2001-04-10

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Active

DAGG, George Ian→

director · ~94y · appointed 2001-04-10

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Active

DAGG, Karen Isobel→

director · ~64y · appointed 2001-04-10

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Active

DAGG, Michael George→

director · ~63y · appointed 2001-04-10

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-10 · resigned 2001-04-10

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-10 · resigned 2001-04-10

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	08/12/2016	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	11/11/2016	—

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