NAUGHTON CASTLE GARDEN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC238931 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-31
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01300
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 77400Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). 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: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (1 active, 6 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees100100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-16
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    CHIENE + TAIT LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  13. 2016-06-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2016-06-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2016-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-11-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-10-01
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    CHIENE & TAIT resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2014-10-01
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    CHIENE + TAIT LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2007-03-30
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    CHIENE & TAIT appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2007-03-30
    ➖
    THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2004-12-01
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    THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2004-11-30
    ➖
    MESSRS THORNTONS WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-01-10
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    CRAWFORD, James Henry Duncan, Captain appointed
    director
  24. 2003-01-10
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    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
    nominee-director
  25. 2002-10-31
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    Company incorporated
    As NAUGHTON CASTLE GARDEN LIMITED
  26. 2002-10-31
    ➕
    MESSRS THORNTONS WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-10-31
    ➕
    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Captain James Henry Duncan Crawford
Individual · British · DOB 10/1946 · age 80
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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
Incorporated2002-10-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01300 — SIC 01300

Registered office

14 City Quay
Dundee
DD1 3JA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

CRAWFORD, James Henry Duncan, Captain→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHIENE & TAIT→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-03-30 · resigned 2014-10-01
Resigned
CHIENE + TAIT LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2016-06-16
Resigned
MESSRS THORNTONS WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-31 · resigned 2004-11-30
Resigned
THORNTONS LAW LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2007-03-30
Resigned
HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson→
nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-31 · resigned 2003-01-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-13