DEESIDE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

🌳Matureactive

SC252549 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-07-09

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

24 officers (10 active, 24 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

97 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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2025-12-16
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officers · TM01
2025-12-10
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WIGHT, Derek resigned
director
2025-08-28
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address · AD01
2025-02-04
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officers · CH01
2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-01-30
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accounts · AA
2025-01-09
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officers · AP01
2025-01-09
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officers · TM01
2024-12-31
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MURRAY, Ian appointed
director
2024-12-31
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PETER, Graham William resigned
director
2024-01-18
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accounts · AA
2023-01-20
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accounts · AA
2023-01-13
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officers · TM01
2022-12-27
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2022-12-27
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2022-12-27
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officers · TM01
2022-12-27
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2022-12-20
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WINTON, David William appointed
director
2022-12-20
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BEGG, Duncan resigned
director
2022-12-20
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CHRISTIE, Ernest resigned
director
2022-12-20
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MARTIN, David resigned
director
2022-12-20
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WIGHT, Derek appointed
director
2022-01-25
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accounts · AA
2021-03-19
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accounts · AA
2021-02-01
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WATSON, Adam appointed
director
2017-12-18
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CHRISTIE, Ernest appointed
secretary
2017-12-18
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BARCLAY, June appointed
director
2017-12-18
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BEGG, Robert appointed
director
2017-12-18
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NOBLE, Grace resigned
secretary
2017-12-18
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BEATON, Alan Grant resigned
director
2016-12-08
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WINTON, Jane appointed
director
2016-12-08
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NOBLE, Grace appointed
secretary
2016-12-08
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WINTON, Jane resigned
secretary
2014-12-16
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BLACKHALL, Alexander appointed
director
2014-12-16
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MARTIN, David appointed
director
2014-12-16
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MCINTOSH, Leonard James resigned
director
2013-12-10
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BEATON, Alan Grant appointed
director
2012-12-11
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CHRISTIE, Ernest appointed
director
2012-12-11
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MIDDLETON, Stanley resigned
director
2012-12-11
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SMITH, James Murray resigned
director
2012-12-11
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STEWART, Robin resigned
director
2012-12-11
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WIGHT, Derek resigned
director
2007-01-25
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BARCLAY, June resigned
secretary
2007-01-25
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WINTON, Jane appointed
secretary
2005-12-14
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PETER, Graham William appointed
director
2003-07-09
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Company incorporated
As DEESIDE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2003-07-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

36 Partan Skelly Way

Cove

Aberdeen

AB12 3PH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-23

Last: 2025-07-09