CATTELL CROP SERVICES LTD.

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SC229111 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£8.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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 £8,354
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,001 YoY
Cash YoY
-28%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£83k
↓ 28% YoY
Net Worth
£8k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£83k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£23k£47k£70k£94k£117kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£15.6k£29.0k
Current assets£83.2k£117.5k
Cash£82.6k£114.9k
Debtors£593£2.6k
Net assets£8.4k£12.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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  2. 2024-10-16
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  3. 2024-03-05
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  4. 2024-01-09
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  5. 2023-03-09
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  6. 2022-03-16
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  7. 2020-10-19
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  8. 2019-11-13
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  9. 2018-10-19
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  10. 2017-09-23
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  11. 2016-11-02
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  12. 2016-10-20
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  13. 2016-10-20
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2016-03-14
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  15. 2015-10-14
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  16. 2002-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CATTELL CROP SERVICES LTD.
  17. 2002-03-13
    ➕
    CATTELL, William James Ross appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-03-13
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    CATTELL, Stephanie Ruth appointed
    director
  19. 2002-03-13
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    CATTELL, William James Ross appointed
    director
  20. 2002-03-13
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
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  21. 2002-03-13
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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  22. 2002-03-13
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-03-13
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CATTELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
William James Ross Cattell
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Stephanie Ruth Cattell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-03-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

Metropolitan House
High Street
Inverness
IV1 1HT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CATTELL, William James Ross→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CATTELL, Stephanie Ruth→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CATTELL, William James Ross→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-13 · resigned 2002-03-13
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-13 · resigned 2002-03-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
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accounts · AA
2025-12-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
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accounts · AA
2020-10-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-13