BIRDSTON ESTATES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC223910 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-03

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-16.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

02100SIC 02100
68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £16,097

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£16k

↓ 8.7% YoY

Current Assets

£1k

↓ 47% 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	£-16.1k	£-14.8k
Current assets	£1.1k	£2.1k
Net assets	£-16.1k	£-14.8k

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

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-08-22
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accounts · AA
2024-08-14
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accounts · AA
2023-08-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-12
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officers · TM02
2018-06-20
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officers · TM01
2018-02-19
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2017-12-08
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SHIPTON, Anne resigned
director
2017-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-07
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SHIPTON, Anne resigned
secretary
2017-02-21
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accounts · AA
2015-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2015-10-09
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2001-10-03
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Company incorporated
As BIRDSTON ESTATES LIMITED
2001-10-03
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MIDDLETON, Alexander appointed
director
2001-10-03
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SHIPTON, Anne appointed
secretary
2001-10-03
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-10-03
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-10-03
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SHIPTON, Anne appointed
director
2001-10-03
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-10-03
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 62. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alexander Middleton Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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D & D (FORESTRY) LTD.→ SC279992 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—
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DIGGORY HARVESTING LTD→ SC333842 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	—	—
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-10-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

52 Victoria Crescent Road

Dowanhill

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

G12 9DE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-27

Last: 2025-09-13

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

MIDDLETON, Alexander→

director · ~62y · appointed 2001-10-03

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Active

SHIPTON, Anne→

secretary · appointed 2001-10-03 · resigned 2017-12-07

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-03 · resigned 2001-10-03

Resigned

SHIPTON, Anne→

director · ~61y · appointed 2001-10-03 · resigned 2017-12-08

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-03 · resigned 2001-10-03

Resigned

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